01985nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10318494 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070109s2007 maua sb 001 0 eng 2007000531 GBA749251 bnb 013778654 Uk 9780674025813 (alk. paper) 0674025814 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646814869 HF5415.32 .W35 2007eb 381 22 Waldfogel, Joel, 1962- The tyranny of the market [electronic resource] : why you can't always get what you want / Joel Waldfogel. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. ix, 204 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Consumers' preferences. Majorities. Supply and demand. Social choice. Free enterprise. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10318494 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 168742 168742