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

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

See also

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