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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2007
	Episode:		Waldfogel on Markets, Choice, and the Tyranny of the Market
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:51:41
	Publish Date:		2007-11-12 05:30:00
	Description:		Joel Waldfogel of the Wharton School of Business talks about the idea in his new book, The Tyranny of Markets: Why You Can't Always Get What You Want. He argues that when fixed costs are large, markets don't necessarily give people what they want and that, analogous to the political process, you can be hurt as the number of people with preferences that differ from yours gets larger. Host Russ Roberts challenges Waldfogel's claim that these phenomena are widespread and argues that in many cases, markets ultimately solve these problems. They discuss the amount of variety in newspapers, radio, and airline travel, along with how economics generally looks at fixed costs and consumer sovereignty.
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