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title: "17 Public Goods Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Public Goods quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Public Goods sayings and thoughts."
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> [Care work produces public goods, and should be supported in families by policies such as paid parental leave and caregiver tax credits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/care-work-produces-public-goods-and-should-be-supported-in-families/)

[Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/riane-eisler-10808_care_care-work-produces-public-goods-and-shou_672920.jpg)

> [Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that citizens have a right to expect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-s-success-stories-are-delivering-the-whole-range-of-the-public/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/mo-ibrahim-3354_africa_africa-s-success-stories-are-delivering_2761496.jpg)

> [The change in economic values created by the new markets for global public goods will reorient our global economy and under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graciela-chichilnisky/the-change-in-economic-values-created-by-the-new-markets-for-global/)

[Graciela Chichilnisky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graciela-chichilnisky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/graciela-chichilnisky-19212_basic-needs_the-change-in-economic-values-created-by_396340.jpg)

> [Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radley-balko/modern-public-health-initiatives-have-moved-well-beyond-what-could/)

[Radley Balko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radley-balko/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/radley-balko-16195_behavior_modern-public-health-initiatives-have-mo_3111154.jpg)

> [One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-lindh/one-of-the-gaps-in-our-international-development-efforts-is-the/)

[Anna Lindh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-lindh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/anna-lindh-19492_conditions_one-of-the-gaps-in-our-international-dev_1092677.png)

> [I think that markets classically fail in cases where there are public goods that provide benefits that people cannot capture. The big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/i-think-that-markets-classically-fail-in-cases-where-there-are-public/)

[Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/peter-thiel-1311_benefits_i-think-that-markets-classically-fail-in_1103681.png)

> [“China should significantly augment the foreign aid and public goods it provides, so it can use these as a bargaining chip in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wang-yizhou/china-should-significantly-augment-the-foreign-aid-and-public-goods/)

[Wang Yizhou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wang-yizhou/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/wang-yizhou-68035_china_china-should-significantly-augment-the-f_1252926.jpg)

> [Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-mclean/privatization-of-assets-that-most-of-us-consider-public-goods-like/)

[Bethany McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-mclean/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/bethany-mclean-23921_airport_privatization-of-assets-that-most-of-us_2593255.png)

> [In effective, sustained citizen action, people learn the skills of public life with which to act effectively. "Commons," or the common wealth-the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-boyte/in-effective-sustained-citizen-action-people-learn-the-skills-of/)

[Harry Boyte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-boyte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50e/harry-boyte-109069_action_in-effective-sustained-citizen-action-pe_1703128.jpg)

> [Classic economic theories recognize public goods aspects of one kind or another - the need for economic intervention in, obviously, the supply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-arrow/classic-economic-theories-recognize-public-goods-aspects-of-one-kind/)

[Kenneth Arrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-arrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/kenneth-arrow-14948_appropriate_classic-economic-theories-recognize-publ_1685242.jpg)

> [We can't afford to waste people. We can't afford to have people think the game is over before it's begun. We've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ignatieff/we-can-t-afford-to-waste-people-we-can-t-afford-to-have-people-think/)

[Michael Ignatieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ignatieff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/michael-ignatieff-3146_21st-century_we-can-t-afford-to-waste-people-we-can-t_2535289.jpg)

> [If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/if-you-think-of-global-public-goods-like-polio-eradication-the-kind/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/bill-gates-137_approach_if-you-think-of-global-public-goods-like_2076638.jpg)

> [If one sentence were to sum up the mechanism driving the Great Stagnation, it is this: Recent and current innovation is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-cowen/if-one-sentence-were-to-sum-up-the-mechanism-driving-the-great/)

[Tyler Cowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-cowen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/tyler-cowen-4396_crisis_if-one-sentence-were-to-sum-up-the-mecha_529526.png)

> [What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/what-is-a-government-supposed-to-do-for-its-people-to-improve-the/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/mo-ibrahim-3354_access_what-is-a-government-supposed-to-do-for_1089870.jpg)

> [I believe, unlike people that are totally free-market, laissez-faire fundamentalists, that there is an important role that the government can play -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nouriel-roubini/i-believe-unlike-people-that-are-totally-free-market-laissez-faire/)

[Nouriel Roubini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nouriel-roubini/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/nouriel-roubini-15217_believe_i-believe-unlike-people-that-are-totally_1107108.jpg)

> [“Hence, contrary to the conclusion arrived at by the public goods theorists, logic forces one to accept the result that only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/hence-contrary-to-the-conclusion-arrived-at-by-the-public-goods/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/hans-hermann-hoppe-16076_point-of-view_hence-contrary-to-the-conclusion-arrived_2255977.jpg)

> [“Since money or other resources must be withdrawn from possible alternative uses to finance the supposedly desirable public goods, the only relevant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/since-money-or-other-resources-must-be-withdrawn-from-possible/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/hans-hermann-hoppe-16076_money_since-money-or-other-resources-must-be-w_2870969.jpg)

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                        "text": "“Since money or other resources must be withdrawn from possible alternative uses to finance the supposedly desirable public goods, the only relevant and appropriate question is whether or not these alternative uses to which the money could be put (that is, the private goods which could have been acquired but now cannot be bought because the money is being spent on public goods instead) are more valuable—more urgent—than the public goods. And the answer to this question is perfectly clear. In terms of consumer evaluations, however high its absolute level might be, the value of the public goods is relatively lower than that of the competing private goods because if one had left the choice to the consumers (and had not forced one alternative upon them), they evidently would have preferred spending their money differently (otherwise no force would have been necessary).”",
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