Public goods/safety nets

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Is a fire dept a public good?

Back

Yes

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Is Starbucks a public good?

Back

False

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Social Security can not be taken away from you?

Back

False

Front

Cash Transfers are 

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TNAF, SSI, unemployment insurance, all of the above

Front

In-Kind benefits are always successful (Think race to the top or no child left behind)

Back

False

Front

Can you exclude people from using public goods?

Back

No

Front

Can you exclude people from safety net programs?

Back

Yes

Front

Has the US government always helped out the poor?

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No

Front

Did most safety net programs start in the 1930s and 1940s?

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Yes

Front

Cell Phones in a classroom are a positive or negative externality?

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Positive, if used in the correct manner