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Preference pollution : how markets create the desires we dislike / David George.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, David (David L.)
- Series:
- Economics, Cognition, And Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumer behavior.
- Consumers' preferences.
- Marketing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Explores the failure of markets to shape desirable preferences
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Freedom to choose
- Chapter 3. Market failure in the shaping of tastes
- Chapter 4. Fortifications, extensions, clarifications
- Chapter 5. Market failure or human imperfection?
- Chapter 6. The critic's retreat
- Chapter 7. Sexual choices: the first order's rise and the second order's fall
- Chapter 8. Risk taking: the rise of the gambler
- Chapter 9. The surge of consumer credit
- Chapter 10. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-42345-2
- 9786612423451
- 0-472-02349-7
- OCLC:
- 743199474
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