Read the following two articles about public goods and answer these questions being sure to use the economic theory that you learned this week. Do you think health care is a public good? Or could it be? Why or why not? What public goods do you think the government should provide? Are there public goods that you would rather obtain in the private market and you would prefer that they government did not provide them? How do you think the government pays for public goods and how much are you willing to contribute to their provision?

https://www.bu.edu/sph/2016/01/10/public-health-as-a-public-good/

https://www.marketplace.org/2020/03/13/health-care-public-private-good-pandemic/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/business/an-economic-cure-for-pandemics.html?ref=business&_r=1&

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/05/05/why-government-should-spend-more-on-public-goods/#58eddc5c4eb7