The text described a recent situation in which novelist Stephen King began publishing a novel called The Plant in installments over the internet,asking readers to pay $1 per installment.He indicated that if at least 75 percent of the people who downloaded the novel paid the fee,he would keep writing and posting new installments,but if fewer than 75 percent paid the fee,he would stop writing and people would never get the rest of the novel.King posed a ____ dilemma for his readers.

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The situation described is a public goods dilemma, where individuals must decide whether to contribute to a collective resource (paying for the novel) that they can benefit from without contributing.

The Text Described a Recent Situation in Which Novelist Stephen