The for whom question is often clos

The for whom question is often closely linked to the latter form of the how question. Where governments involve themselves in production, they may, among other things, choose to provide quantities of goods and services to citizens that other wisc might not have been available- and, morcover, provide them without charge or at a subsidized rate. For example, in the Netherlands, the government sponsors a major social housing’ programme. This means that a large proportion of the housing stock in the Netherlands is publicly owned; houses are built by the government according to perceived general need, and rants are relatively cheap. As a result, few Dutch citizens are unable to live or find rents unaffordable. Here then, For whom means for most people, if not everyone. In the UK, to take a contrasting case, although there is investment in public housing, much more of the housing stock tends to be privately produced. Firms build houses in the expectation that they will be able to sell them at a profit. This means that the ability of an individual to become a consumer – the For whom question – turns not on need but on the ability to pay.