1Economics A commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or by a private individual or organization.
〔经济〕（由政府、私人或组织向所有社会成员提供的非营利性）公共产品；公共服务
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This is all the more important in an era when private companies are gaining ever greater control over essential public goods and services.
Economists call arrangements of this kind public goods because, unlike private goods, the benefits are not limited to the producer or a single user.
They are also protesting the commodification of public goods and services, like water, electricity and garbage collection.
The responsibility of corporate executives, politicians, and officials for ensuring that private and public goods and services are safe is practically never enforced in court.
We understand our roles in providing public goods and services and stabilising the economy when the private sector is in crisis.
2The benefit or well-being of the public.
公众利益；公共福利
the frequent conflict between the public good and private interests
公众利益与个人利益之间的频繁冲突。
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If they are able to easily calculate how their choices benefit the public good, they most often make choices that do so.
With silence, charity will fail both itself and the broader public good.
However, sometimes the only benefit is to the public good, and even that is no small thing.
The goal of both the church and the state is to advance the public good.
We end the nightmare when we challenge the threat of corporate control and when we redefine globalization in our own way - for the public good.
Definition of public good in US English:
public good
noun
1Economics A commodity or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.
〔经济〕（由政府、私人或组织向所有社会成员提供的非营利性）公共产品；公共服务
a conviction that library informational services are a public good, not a commercial commodity
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Economists call arrangements of this kind public goods because, unlike private goods, the benefits are not limited to the producer or a single user.
They are also protesting the commodification of public goods and services, like water, electricity and garbage collection.
This is all the more important in an era when private companies are gaining ever greater control over essential public goods and services.
The responsibility of corporate executives, politicians, and officials for ensuring that private and public goods and services are safe is practically never enforced in court.
We understand our roles in providing public goods and services and stabilising the economy when the private sector is in crisis.
2The benefit or well-being of the public.
公众利益；公共福利
the public good clearly demands independent action
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If they are able to easily calculate how their choices benefit the public good, they most often make choices that do so.
However, sometimes the only benefit is to the public good, and even that is no small thing.
With silence, charity will fail both itself and the broader public good.
The goal of both the church and the state is to advance the public good.
We end the nightmare when we challenge the threat of corporate control and when we redefine globalization in our own way - for the public good.