The Tyranny of the Market : : Why You Can't Always Get What You Want / / Joel Waldfogel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Waldfogel, Joel,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; PART ONE. THEORY --; PART TWO. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE --; PART THREE. MARKET SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS --; PART FOUR. POLICY SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674044791; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674044791
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joel Waldfogel.

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.