American Government / Unit 6 Gov 269 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Free Riding
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The idea
Free riding is receiving a benefit without helping bear its cost.
In practice
A public radio listener who never donates keeps listening either way — one donation never decides the outcome.
Where people slip
Free riding is individually rational and collectively corrosive — both at once.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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