市場経済と欲望<br>Preference Pollution : How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike (Economics, Cognition, and Society)

市場経済と欲望
Preference Pollution : How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike (Economics, Cognition, and Society)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 201 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780472112203
  • DDC分類 658.8342

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2001. This book takes the position that, while goods are indeed well served by market forces, such forces fail to create the desires that we wish to have.

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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 poorly with respect to second-order preferences, thus worsening the problem of undesired desires. The book further investigates changes in perceptions and public policy toward such activities as gambling, credit, entertainment, and sexual behavior.
David George is Chair and Professor Economics, LaSalle University.