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Director's Column  NASAA Executive Director Jonathan Katz  I
find that using a few key terms as points of departure for
discussion about the role of the public sector in any aspect of
American life, including the arts, helps to keep the focus on a
number of critical questions. It's interesting to note how the
meaning of "public" in each term is different and leads to
consideration of different issues. Here are four key terms:  A
Public Good  A public good is an economic term for a quality or
commodity ("good" as in "goods and services," not as in "good or
bad") defined by two characteristics. One is that it can be used
by one person or group without diminishing its availability to
another—it is "non-rival." The other is that it can not be
divided up for use by one person or group—i