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

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Theory -- 1. Markets and the Tyranny of the Majority -- 2. Are "Lumpy" Markets a Problem? -- Part Two: Empirical Evidence -- 3. Who Benefits Whom in Practice -- 4. Who Benefits Whom in the Neighborhood -- Part Three: Market Solutions and Their Limits -- 6. Market Enlargement and Consumer Liberation -- 7. Fixed Costs, Product Quality, and Market Size -- 8. Trade and the Tyranny of Alien Majorities -- 9. Salvation through New Technologies -- Part Four: Policy Solutions and Their Limits -- 10. Government Subsidies and Insufficient Demand -- 11. Books and Liquor: Two Case Studies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index.