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100	1		_aWaldfogel, Joel.
245	1	4	_aThe Tyranny of the Market : _bWhy You Can't Always Get What You Want.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2007.
300			_a1 online resource (217 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Theory -- 1 Markets and the Tyranny of the Majority -- 2 Are "Lumpy" Markets a Problem? -- Part Two: Empirical Evidence -- 3 Who Benefits Whom in Practice -- 4 Who Benefits Whom in the Neighborhood -- Part Three: Market Solutions and Their Limits -- 6 Market Enlargement and Consumer Liberation -- 7 Fixed Costs, Product Quality, and Market Size -- 8 Trade and the Tyranny of Alien Majorities -- 9 Salvation through New Technologies -- Part Four: Policy Solutions and Their Limits -- 10 Government Subsidies and Insufficient Demand -- 11 Books and Liquor: Two Case Studies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index.
520			_aMarkets are widely 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aConsumers' preferences.
650		0	_aMajorities.
650		0	_aSupply and demand.
650		0	_aSocial choice.
650		0	_aFree enterprise.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aWaldfogel, Joel _tThe Tyranny of the Market _dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2007 _z9780674025813
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300500 _zClick to View
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