Waldfogel, Joel,  1962- <br/><br/>
The tyranny of the market :  why you can't always get what you want / 
Joel Waldfogel. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2007. 
 - ix, 204 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674025813 (alk. paper) 0674025814 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007000531 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA749251  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013778654  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumers' preferences.<br/>Majorities.<br/>Supply and demand.<br/>Social choice.<br/>Free enterprise.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF5415.32  / .W35 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>381