Re: Private urban green space

[Fred Foldvary]

--- Sampo Syreeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 ... libertarians are
 sure hostile to the public goods scene, because there the emphasis is on
 things that *need* to be solved publicly.

Public goods means collective goods, used simultaneously by some group.
This is a completely different meaning from public as in public sector.
Collective goods can be provided by private firms or by government.
Solved publicly is ambiguous because it can mean solved by a group or
solved by government officials.

Fred Foldvary

Re: Private urban green space

[Sampo Syreeni]

On 2004-08-03, Fred Foldvary uttered:

Public goods means collective goods, used simultaneously by some
group. This is a completely different meaning from public as in
public sector.

Precisely what I meant.

Solved publicly is ambiguous because it can mean solved by a group or
solved by government officials.

I should have been more explicit, but you evidently get the meaning.
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