1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973093303321

Autore

Waldfogel Joel <1962->

Titolo

The tyranny of the market : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

9780674044791

0674044797

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Classificazione

MS 5560

Disciplina

381

Soggetti

Consumers' preferences

Majorities

Supply and demand

Social choice

Free enterprise

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Economists have long counseled reliance on markets rather than on government to decide a wide range of questions, in part because allocation through voting can give rise to a "tyranny of the majority." Markets, by contrast, are 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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911034857003321

Autore

Blackford Jennifer Urbano

Titolo

New Discoveries in the Brain Sciences of Fear and Anxiety - From Basic to Clinical Neuroscience / / edited by Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Mohammed R. Milad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-98402-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (877 pages)

Collana

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, , 1866-3389 ; ; 73

Altri autori (Persone)

MiladMohammed R

Disciplina

612.8

Soggetti

Psychobiology

Human behavior

Psychiatry

Neural circuitry

Behavioral Neuroscience

Neural Circuits

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Basic Mechanisms -- Part 2. Risk Factors and Moderating Factors -- Part 3. Sex Differences -- Part 4. Treatment -- Part 5. Co-occurring Disorders -- Part 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the latest neuroscience findings about the neurobiology of fear and anxiety. Fear is a highly conserved and evolutionarily adaptive response to threats in the environment. Decades of research have identified the basic underlying neurocircuitry of fear and cutting-edge methods used in both animal models and humans continue to refine and shape our understanding of fear. While fear, when expressed in the appropriate context, is adaptive, excessive responses to threatening cues and contexts and anxiety are maladaptive. Fear-based disorders and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and impairing. These disorders often begin in childhood, highlighting the importance of genetics, early environment, and risk factors. The contributors to this book are international experts in behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, psychiatry and psychology. Collectively, they provide diverse



perspectives on the neurobiology of fear and anxiety. The invited contributions are organized to provide a critical review of the recent advances in the neuroscience research and will span the continuum from basic to clinical neuroscience with representation across species, development, and disorders. The sections of this book will a) review the basic mechanisms underlying fear and anxiety, b) describe the factors that contribute to anxiety, including developmental stage, risk factors, sex differences, and genetics, c) elucidate how treatments work and describe novel treatments, and d) demonstrate the role of anxiety in other disorders including autism, substance use disorders, and schizophrenia. This critical and comprehensive collection of chapters will provide a review on the neuroscience of fear and anxiety that will be highly relevant for both scientists and clinicians interested in the brain mechanisms and associated psychopathologies related to fear and anxiety.