What are Public Goods and Why do They Matter?

In this Wireless Philosophy video, political scientist Jonathan Anomaly discusses public goods, which are goods that are jointly consumed, so that they are available to everyone if they are available to anyone. The idea of public goods is often used to justify why we have a state to perform functions like defense, property adjudication and pollution regulation. Anomaly highlights examples of how public goods connect to voting, online piracy and crowd-funding.