Heterodox
I am surprised that Geoffrey Hodgson would make an elementary error in argument by taking an arbitrary definition as an absolute criterion. His argument actually says that those he is opposing are using the term "public good" in a way that contradicts current convention in the dominant faction of the economics profession. What if the definition is too narrow to fit the general case and is therefore only suitable for special case models? This is similar to the claim of...
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