{"id":5996,"date":"2024-08-23T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5996"},"modified":"2024-08-23T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:28:16","slug":"public-goods-in-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2024\/08\/23\/public-goods-in-everyday-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Goods in Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment6032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment6032\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-636x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"421\" class=\"wp-image-6032 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-636x421.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/kelly-sikkema-eSQNlt0QmXI-unsplash-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment6032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By June Sekera<\/p>\n<p>This module offers a framework for understanding \u201cpublic goods\u201d as a concept in economics and as real-world goods and services. The framework builds on the \u201chistorical school\u201d public economics theory. The module provides a pragmatic understanding of public goods, enabling students with or without a background in economics to consider and appreciate public goods in the context of their daily lives. The module is suitable for use in courses in economics, sociology, political science, public law, social history and related fields.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2019\/10\/PublicGoods.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By June Sekera This module offers a framework for understanding \u201cpublic goods\u201d as a concept in economics and as real-world goods and services. The framework builds on the \u201chistorical school\u201d public economics theory. The module provides a pragmatic understanding of public goods, enabling students with or without a background in economics to consider and appreciate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22900,"featured_media":6032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,168,107,158,162,167,329,171],"tags":[330,163,413,411,454,414,415,412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6250,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996\/revisions\/6250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}