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100 1 _aWaldfogel, Joel,
_d1962-
245 1 4 _aThe tyranny of the market
_h[electronic resource] :
_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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aConsumers' preferences.
650 0 _aMajorities.
650 0 _aSupply and demand.
650 0 _aSocial choice.
650 0 _aFree enterprise.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10318494
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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