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Are all public expenditures necessary?
Are all public expenditures necessary? Dr Alberto Asquer on the arguments for public and merit goods, and whether governments should provide them.
What is the role of the government and how should it spend its money?
From spending on national defence to providing pension schemes, we generally think that the government should serve various functions, yet decisions on where they should spend money remain controversial. In this video, Dr Alberto Asquer explores the issues.
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