In the United Kingdom,most public television programming is paid for by a yearly license fee assessed on every household.Television detection vans go through neighborhoods to detect unlicensed households and keep them from viewing without paying.This is a good example of the _____ provision of _____.
A)public;private goods
B)public;goods that are made artificially excludable in consumption
C)public;common resources
D)private;artificially scarce goods

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The provision of television programming through a mandatory license fee is an example of a public good, but the use of detection vans to exclude non-paying households makes the good artificially excludable, hence it falls under the category of goods that are made artificially excludable in consumption.

In the United Kingdom,most Public Television Programming Is Paid for by a Yearly