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Alan Grayson: Well, also because not a single commercial entity can internalize all of the generated profit, isn't that correct? Isn't…

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Well, also because not a single commercial entity can internalize all of the generated profit, isn't that correct? Isn't that the essence of a public good?
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Alan Grayson
Florida

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Grayson discusses the nature of public goods and their production by the private sector.

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