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Summary: What should the government pay for? On today's Planet Money, we pose that question to Charlie Wheelan, author of the book Naked Economics, and recent Congressional candidate (he lost; here's his underwater ad). He gives us the econ 101 answer: The government should definitely pay for something if it's a public good.