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The Tyranny of the Market : Why You Can't Always Get What You Want / Joel Waldfogel.

Waldfogel, Joel, author.
2009
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Title
The Tyranny of the Market : Why You Can't Always Get What You Want / Joel Waldfogel.
Author
Waldfogel, Joel, author.
ISBN
9780674044791
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674044791
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (216 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674044791 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
381
Summary
Economists have long counseled reliance on markets rather than on government to decide a wide range of questions, in part because allocation through voting can give rise to a "tyranny of the majority." Markets, by contrast, are believed to make products available to suit any individual, regardless of what others want. But the argument is not generally correct. In markets, you can't always get what you want. This book explores why this is so and its consequences for consumers with atypical preferences.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE. THEORY
PART TWO. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
PART THREE. MARKET SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS
PART FOUR. POLICY SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS
Conclusion
Notes
References
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Index

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