Preference Pollution : How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike.
Title:
Preference Pollution : How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike.
Author:
George, David.
ISBN:
9780472023493
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Series:
Economics, Cognition, And Society
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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