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

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface --   |t Introduction --   |t PART ONE. THEORY --   |t PART TWO. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE --   |t PART THREE. MARKET SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS --   |t PART FOUR. POLICY SOLUTIONS AND THEIR LIMITS --   |t Conclusion --   |t Notes --   |t References --   |t Credits --   |t Index 
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