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Non-excludable goods are defined in economics as goods or service whereby it is impossible to prevent an individual who does not pay for that thing from enjoying the benefits of it.

[edit] Examples

A well-architected building, such as the Eiffel Tower, creates an aesthetic good, which can be enjoyed by anyone who happens to look at it. It is difficult to prevent people from gaining this benefit (although people have tried, by forbidding amateurs from taking photographs of certain sites [1])

An idea, such as turning a garbage bag into a raincoat, can be used by anyone who knows about it.

[edit] See also

• Rivalrous

Types of goods public good - private good - common good - common-pool resource - club good - anti-rival goods rivalrous good and non-excludable good complement good vs. substitute good free good vs. scarce good, positional good durable good - non-durable good - intermediate good (producer good) - final good - consumer good - capital good. inferior good - normal good - ordinary good - Giffen good - luxury good - Veblen good - superior good search good - (post-)experience good - merit good - credence good - demerit good