NMC Library
Image from Google Jackets

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

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.Description: ix, 204 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674025813 (alk. paper)
  • 0674025814 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 381 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5415.32 .W35 2007
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HF5415.32 .W35 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001019107

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha