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Even though new technology typically creates positive externalities through which one-third to one-half of the social benefit of new inventions spills over to others, the inventor still receives some private return. But what about a situation where the positive externalities are so extensive that private firms could not expect to receive any of the social benefit? This kind of good is called a public good.

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