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		webXL on May 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality Why should the government "invest" then?

eli_gottlieb on May 16, 2012 [–]

Because government "investments" are not for-profit investments in excludable (private/club) goods. They're non-profit "investments" in protecting commons goods and providing public goods.

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