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The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can’t Always Get What You Want

✍ Scribed by Joel Waldfogel

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Leaves
216
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Markets are widely 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.

✦ Table of Contents

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

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