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050 0 0 _aHF5415.32
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100 1 _aWaldfogel, Joel,
_d1962-
245 1 4 _aThe tyranny of the market :
_bwhy you can't always get what you want /
_cJoel Waldfogel.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2007.
300 _aix, 204 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.
505 0 _aTheory -- 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.
650 0 _aConsumers' preferences.
650 0 _aMajorities.
650 0 _aSupply and demand.
650 0 _aSocial choice.
650 0 _aFree enterprise.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007000531.html
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