A public good can be consumed by
A) only one person who does not have to pay for it.
B) only one person who has to pay for it.
C) everyone simultaneously, as long as they pay for it.
D) everyone simultaneously, even if they do not pay for it.

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Public goods are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they can be consumed by everyone simultaneously without reducing availability to others, and people cannot be effectively excluded from using them, even if they do not pay.

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