01985nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020003100149020002800180040002100208035002100229050002700250082001200277100002800289245011400317260005700431300002300488504006400511505057400575533015201149650002801301650001601329650002301345650001901368650002101387655002901408710001701437856012601454999001901580ebr10318494CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070109s2007    maua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007000531  aGBA7492512bnb7 z0137786542Uk  z9780674025813 (alk. paper)  z0674025814 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64681486914aHF5415.32b.W35 2007eb04a3812221 aWaldfogel, Joel,d1962-14aThe tyranny of the marketh[electronic resource] :bwhy you can't always get what you want /cJoel Waldfogel.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2007.  aix, 204 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aConsumers' preferences. 0aMajorities. 0aSupply and demand. 0aSocial choice. 0aFree enterprise. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10318494zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c168742d168742