Preface

Introduction

Part I: Theory

1. Markets and the Tyranny of the Majority

2. Are "Lumpy" Markets a Problem?

Part II: Empirical Evidence

3. Who Benefits Whom in Practice

4. Who Benefits Whom in the Neighborhood

5. Preference Minorities as Citizens and Consumers

Part III: Market Solutions and Their Limits

6. Market Enlargement and Consumer Liberation

7. Fixed Costs, Product Quality, and Market Size

8. Trade and the Tyranny of Alien Majorities

9. Salvation through New Technologies

Part IV: Policy Solutions and Their Limits

10. Government Subsidies and Insufficient Demand

11. Books and Liquor: Two Case Studies

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Joel Waldfogel is Professor of Business and Public Policy, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.