Study Notes
Public Bads
- Level:
- AS, A-Level
- Board:
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB
Last updated 8 May 2023
A public bad has negative effects (externalities) on people and their communities leading to a significant loss of social welfare
Examples of public bads include:
- The spread of infectious diseases such as Ebola
- Modern slavery / human trafficking
- Environmental threats to the global commons
- Gender and other forms of discrimination in labour markets
- Disposal of household and commercial waste
- Web viruses / denial of service attacks
- High rates of global inequalities of income and wealth
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