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BL
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| Record Number
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706681
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b528870
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| Main Entry
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George, David, (David L.)
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| Title & Author
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Preference pollution : : how markets create the desires we dislike /\ David George
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c2001
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| Series Statement
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Economics, cognition, and society
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| Page. NO
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xi, 201 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0472112201 (Cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Subject
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Consumer behavior
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Consumers' preferences
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Marketing
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| Dewey Classification
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658.8/342
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| LC Classification
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HF5415.32.G465 2001
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