Preference Pollution: How Markets Create the Desires We Dislike (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472089499)

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.


Author: David George
ISBN-10: 0472089498
ISBN-13: 9780472089499
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2004
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.73d