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So what is the free rider problem, right? i would generalize it as saying free riders is when people get something for free, and that's not really the free rider problem.
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It's the consequences of that.
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Something for free that causes a market failure by undermining others, right? something like that.
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For example, suppose that.
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You live in a house with a roommate.
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And the roommate refuses to clean.
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And that causes a problem.
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When you clean, the roommate benefits from it, but the roommate refuses to clean.
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And so the house is never as clean as it should be.
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And you get frustrated with the roommate.
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And you stop cleaning because you feel like the roommate is not doing their fair share.
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Right...