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> If the work is valuable, individuals in the private sector will voluntarily pay for it. Only if the work is valuable to the private sector. There are other t
by andyjohnson0 2y ago
> If the work is valuable, individuals in the private sector will voluntarily pay for it.
Only if the work is valuable to the private sector. There are other types of value - academic, social, environmental, long-term - that often don't or can't motivate the private sector. That thing about governments being there to solve the collective action problem.