Public Service Systems and Collective Consumption

Originally published at: https://participatoryeconomy.org/public-service-systems-and-collective-consumption/

The provision of collective services differs from the production of individually consumed goods and services in many aspects. In this article I discuss these differences as I see them and my thoughts on the organisation of collective consumption in a Participatory Economy. What are public goods? Public goods are goods and services that are available…

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I should say that an economist would probably not necessarily agree 100% with the way I refer to “public goods” in the article. I basically talk about collectively requested and provided goods in the article, including goods and services that are funded by a calculated user fee at the time of use.