people shared goods and ideas with others on different continents
A free-rider problem.
Excludability
Excludability
Because, according to tradition that is shared by many peoples, there was a worldwide flood some time after the Creation.
A key trait shared by public goods is non-excludability, meaning that once they are provided, no one can be effectively excluded from using them. Additionally, public goods are characterized by non-rivalry, where one person's use of the good does not diminish its availability for others. Examples include clean air, national defense, and public parks, which benefit all members of society without direct competition for their use.
Because they were taxed on goods.
a type of government in which some powers are divided and others are shared?
A free-rider problem.
A free rider problem
The system is called federalism, the creation of a central government to operate and coordinate shared government functions among the states.
A free-rider problem.Non-excludability