Information: The Perfect Economic Good

By Kareem Simpson, published Oct 03, 2006
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INTRODUCTION

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire; it wafts across the electrified borders.
-Ronald Regan 1989 (Andrews)

Takeaways
  • New information technologies now saturate our society's public discussion
  • An economic good is a physical object or service that has value to people and can be sold
  • an economic good are things that are, to be sure, "goods" but not means to an end.
Did You Know?
four very basic qualities that an economic good possesses: 1. It must fulfill a human need 2. Must have useful properties 3. The possessor of the good must be aware of its useful properties 4. The user must have the ability to use the object.
Resources
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