The tyranny of the market why you can't always get what you want / Joel Waldfogel.

Author/creator Waldfogel, Joel, 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
Descriptionix, 204 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Theory -- Markets and the tyranny of the majority -- Are "lumpy" markets a problem? -- Empirical evidence -- Who benefits whom in practice -- Who benefits whom in the neighborhood -- Preference minorities as citizens and consumers -- Market solutions and their limits -- Market enlargement and consumer liberation -- Fixed costs, product quality, and market size -- Trade and the tyranny of alien majorities -- Salvation through new technologies -- Policy solutions and their limits -- Government subsidies and insufficient demand -- Books and liquor: two case studies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007000531
ISBN9780674025813 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674025814 (alk. paper)

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