public good

English

Noun

public good (countable and uncountable, plural public goods)

1. (uncountable) The general welfare of the people; the best interests of the community.
2. (economics, countable) A good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable.

   Coordinate terms: private good, club good, common good

Translations

welfare of the people

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 公益 (zh) (gōngyì) Danish: fælles bedste n Dutch: publiek belang n Finnish: yleinen hyvä French: intérêt général (fr) m German: Allgemeinwohl (de) n, Gemeinwohl (de) n Hungarian: közjó (hu) Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 공익 (gong'ik) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: javno dobro n Spanish: bien público m Welsh: lles cyffredin m

good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable

Armenian: հասարակական ապրանք (hasarakakan aprankʻ) Catalan: bé públic (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 公共物品 (gōnggòng wùpǐn) Danish: offentligt gode n (economics) Dutch: publiek goed n Finnish: julkishyödyke (fi), julkinen hyödyke French: bien public m German: öffentliches Gut (de) n Hungarian: közjószág Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 공공재 (gonggongjae) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: javno dobro n Spanish: bien público m Welsh: lles cyffredin m

See also

• free rider
• let George do it
• tragedy of the commons