Public Goods

Public Goods are those – like clean air, or national security - that benefit everyone in a group, whether or not they contribute to their production. Information can be a public good - since it is relatively inexpensive to distribute once it is created, and improving information flow in a community can help solve problems with the supply and consumption of public goods.

Careers for the Public Good event

Submitted by kludewig on November 6, 2008 - 12:55pm

International Center--Overseas Opportunities Office sent me this event announcement: 

Careers for the Public Good

Saturday, November 8, 2008

12:00pm to 5:00pm Dana Building

First Floor Commons (between the Chem building and West Hall on the diag)  … Read more »

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12/1 Notes: Framework for Public Information Work

Submitted by Lev Rickards on December 1, 2006 - 11:25am
Paul used to think that there was no public interest work, just work in the private interest. Then he came around to this definition: Public interest work is work that creates public goods, or reduces inequality. Something for which the benefits accrue to everyone. Ask yourself: is the work or internship you're involved in creating a public good?

Public goods

  • At the margin, my use doesn't use it up.
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Technology Manager opportunity -- based in NYC

I'm a 2004 SI / CIC alum now working as a National Circuit Rider for LawHelp.org / Probono.net. We're looking for a Technology Manager based in our New York offices. This is a senior staff position and is ideal for someone who wants to combine his/her technology and business experience with an important social cause – increasing access to justice for the most vulnerable people in society through the innovative use of technology. This position will play a key role in a major New Business Initiatives grant from the Gates Foundation we received last year to seed the development of a new ASP platform to help law firms manage their in-house pro bono programs. Here's the job description: http://www.probono.net/link.cfm?6542 . Feel free to email me at elizk@umich.edu if you have any questions.

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"On the commons" - defining the terms around public goods

Submitted by edwardvielmetti on April 18, 2006 - 10:14pm

The Cooperation Commons has a recent post from "On The Commons", describing and working through a series of concepts of what a "commons" is in a digital age and how various terms ("public goods", "inalienable rights", "common assets") form some part of the understanding of same. … Read more »

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