The chapter reveals the social nature of public goods as goods that satisfy the needs of everyone. The evolution and certainty of the state's activity as a producer of public goods are analyzed. The main properties of public goods that distinguish these goods from private goods produced in the private sector of the economy are indicated. It is proved that due to the property of non-exclusion, public goods turn out to be objects of public property, which in its true implementation is a way of interconnection between a person and society.