LEADER 03277nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910814229903321 005 20240416151519.0 010 $a0-674-04479-7 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674044791 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805589 035 $a(OCoLC)646814869 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318494 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263342 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263342 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273508 035 $a(PQKB)11029334 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300500 035 $a(DE-B1597)457793 035 $a(OCoLC)1004879848 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938280 035 $a(OCoLC)1029821477 035 $a(OCoLC)1032680880 035 $a(OCoLC)1037982336 035 $a(OCoLC)1041980584 035 $a(OCoLC)1046607054 035 $a(OCoLC)1046996848 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674044791 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300500 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318494 035 $a(OCoLC)923112070 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805589 100 $a20070109d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tyranny of the market $ewhy you can't always get what you want /$fJoel Waldfogel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02581-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index. 327 $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. 330 $aEconomists 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. 606 $aConsumers' preferences 606 $aMajorities 606 $aSupply and demand 606 $aSocial choice 606 $aFree enterprise 615 0$aConsumers' preferences. 615 0$aMajorities. 615 0$aSupply and demand. 615 0$aSocial choice. 615 0$aFree enterprise. 676 $a381 686 $aMS 5560$2rvk 700 $aWaldfogel$b Joel$f1962-$0125227 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814229903321 996 $aThe tyranny of the market$94082166 997 $aUNINA