A service that can be provided to a specified individual IS a marketable
commodity. If it is not possible to supply the service to a specific
individual who has paid for it without also supplying it to others who
have not then it is a public good / service.
Only internal / external security are true public goods / services. For
all others e.g.. Education & Health (except, possibly disease control),
you can create a market by differentiating the quality of service and
charge for it.
"G Fiendish - make the temperature hot to reply!" wrote:
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[q1]> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:29:34 -0000, "Spike" <spike> wrote:[/q1]
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[q2]> >I am writing an essay for my university course on Education.[/q2]
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[q2]> >"Is education a service or a marketable commodity?"[/q2]
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[q2]> >I would appreciate any ideas, resources or opinions.[/q2]
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[q1]> You pay me - I write your essay for you ...[/q1]
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[q1]> You're supposed to be at University to be educated ... If you think[/q1]
[q1]> you can buy knowledge as opposed to information there's your answer.[/q1]
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[q1]> GF[/q1]