03317namaa2200445uu 4500 doab84402 oapen 20260305123947.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 220621s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781003274681 9781003274681 9781032228990 10.4324/9781003274681 doi oapen oapen eng dc KC bicssc KCC bicssc KFFD bicssc Płonka, Maria edt Public Goods and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Inclusive Models of Finance, Distribution and Production Taylor & Francis 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star The fourth industrial revolution, characterized by digitization, artificial intelligence and augmented reality, and megatrends such as globalization, urbanization, demographic changes and the knowledge-based economy, will trigger a series of profound technological, economic, social and environmental changes that will permanently and irreversibly change the role of the state in meeting social needs. Industry 4.0 will also change the type, nature, and scope of public goods and how they are produced, financed, delivered, and consumed. This book redefines the current paradigm of public goods. It proposes a model of production and distribution of public goods that acknowledges the participation of entities from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The authors argue that these entities would participate in the production, financing, distribution, and consumption of such goods. From a theoretical point of view, such an inclusive approach involving the expansion of the classical state - market dichotomy with new entities, including citizens themselves, leads to a new conceptualization and approach towards public goods. The model assumes shared responsibility, subsidiarity, and paternalistic libertarianism, and it allows the state to create new entities of an educational or fiscal nature, while remaining the regulator of public services and distribution. Additionally, the book analyzes changes regarding the perception of public goods, in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, across selected sectors such as healthcare and pension systems, education, local public goods, and public utility services. The book is primarily addressed to researchers, scholars and students across social and technical sciences, and it will also be a useful guide for central and local administration bodies responsible for public policy. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Economics bicssc Microeconomics bicssc Public finance and taxation bicssc fourth industrial revolution; Megatrends; public goods; public utility services Płonka, Maria oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84402 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92800 92800