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  • Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Problem of Social Benefit

By: Frank Nagle
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Abstract

Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.

Keywords

Externalities; Public Good; Economics; Social Issues

Citation

Nagle, Frank. "The Problem of Social Benefit." Stanford Social Innovation Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 34–39.
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Frank Nagle

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