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A free-rider in economics is someone who consumes more than what society allocates to them. This is not to be confused with "what they contribute to society", but consuming more that they are entitled to.
Take for example, A room of 20 people. If everyone in the room is vaccinated to prevent an influenza infection, but one person refuses to be vaccinated.
This one person will benefit from everyone else's vaccination by not being exposed to the virus, but they not entitled to this protection.
In economics, this loner is considered a free rider.
They create a potentially dangerous situation. When the vaccination has worn off, this free rider who refused to become vaccinated will reintroduce this virus. Bringing back the infection.
This is why malaria is very difficult to combat in some parts of the world like Africa. Not because one person choses to be a free rider, but because they do not have access to the right treatment at the right time.
So one can be a free rider by choice, or by necessity.
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What is a supporter of free-market economics called?
A supporter of free-market economics is called a capitalist.
What schools of thought most favors free markets and free trade?
Keynesian economics Classical economics Mercantilism Nationalism
Why is free rider a type of market failure?
Because there is no trade off on the other side of the deal. For example if someone is giving out free cookies to anyone who helped clean a park and someone takes a cookie who did not help, that is one less cookie to a person who did help.
What is a Free Rider?
A Free Rider is anyone who benefits from resources without having to work for them. In today's world free riders can and do include those who abuse welfare, insurance defrauders, and thieves.
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The Free Rider Program is known in the field of economics. Some places which an individual may see the Free Rider Program are within the businesses which have unions, and in state run Welfare Programs.
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