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The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Cant Always Get What You Want (Hardcover)

by Joel Waldfogel (Author)
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Joel Waldfogel takes up the mythology of the market responding to our wants and desires, and shows how it often leaves out many people who are unable to get very much of what they want...This book could be very persuasive to those who will not listen to voices that have an explicitly progressive agenda. (Tikkun )

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This is a book for all the people out there who sit down and flip through hundreds of channels but never seem to find something they like. In it Joel Waldfogel, one of America's most interesting economists, shows exactly how many people in the marketplace end up stranded, unable to get what they want. It's a provocative statement on why free markets don't necessarily make everyone better off.
--Austan Goolsbee, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press (October 15, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674025814
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674025813
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #739,893 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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