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Preference Pollution : How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike.
Seldom considered is whether markets do an adequate job of shaping our tastes. David George argues that they do not, and that the standard economic definition of efficiency can be used to demonstrate that the market ignores people's desires about their desires. He concludes that markets perform...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Freedom to Choose; 3. Market Failure in the Shaping of Tastes; 4. Fortifications, Extensions, Clarifications; 5. Market Failure or Human Imperfection?; 6. The Critic's Retreat; 7. Sexual Choices: The First Order's Rise and the Second Order's Fall; 8. Risk Taking: The Rise of the Gambler; 9. The Surge of Consumer Credit; 10. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.