If the local government sells apples at a roadside stand, the apples are public goods because they are provided by the government.

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The fact that the apples are provided by the government does not automatically make them public goods. Public goods are goods that are non-excludable (no one can be effectively excluded from using them) and non-rivalrous (one person's use of the good does not impede another's use). Apples sold at a roadside stand are excludable (people can choose not to purchase them) and rivalrous (if one person buys an apple, it is no longer available for someone else to buy).

If the Local Government Sells Apples at a Roadside Stand