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Public Goods (Application Videos)

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 22 Mar 2019

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Here are some short video clips that I use when teaching the economics of public goods. Not all of them meet the characteristics of public goods and I ask students to explore why this is not the case - but also to consider the economics of "public bads" and how they might be avoided.

Netherlands sets model of flood prevention
Central Park
Venezuela crisis:'There is simply no water' - BBC News
The End of the Line Trailer
The Yamuna, India's most polluted river
The Tragedy of the Commons
Public Goods and Market Failure
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