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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455627003321

Autore

George David (David L.)

Titolo

Preference pollution [[electronic resource] ] : how markets create the desires we dislike / / David George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-42345-2

9786612423451

0-472-02349-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Economics, Cognition, And Society

Disciplina

658.8/342

Soggetti

Consumer behavior

Consumers' preferences

Marketing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Freedom to choose -- Chapter 3. Market failure in the shaping of tastes -- Chapter 4. Fortifications, extensions, clarifications -- Chapter 5. Market failure or human imperfection? -- Chapter 6. The critic's retreat -- Chapter 7. Sexual choices: the first order's rise and the second order's fall -- Chapter 8. Risk taking: the rise of the gambler -- Chapter 9. The surge of consumer credit -- Chapter 10. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences