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082			_a330.122 _bMCM
100			_aMcMillan, John
245			_aReinventing the bazaar: a natural history of markets _cby John McMillan
260			_aNew York _bW.W. Norton _c2003
300			_ax, 278 p. ; 21 cm.
500			_aIncluding bibliographical notes and index
520			_aJohn McMillan's Reinventing the Bazaar is an extremely accessible description of markets large and small, as well as an explanation of their underlying mechanisms. An "absolutely free market," he says, is a "free-for-all brawl," while a "real market" is an "ordered brawl." Sprinkling his analysis with hundreds of anecdotes and examples--prison camps, eBay, the American experiment with alcohol prohibition, the Tokyo fish market, and traditional Ghanaian bazaars--and pertinent quotes from the likes of Chekhov, Twain, and Steinbeck, McMillan animates his subject. Why do banks build showcase headquarters? Which "frictions" brake, and which spur, various markets? Is the "invisible hand" attached to a clothed arm? Why are both pro- and antimarket absolutists, in McMillan's view, the economics equivalent of "flat-earthers"? Is there such an animal as a "perfect" market? Reinventing the Bazaar answers these questions, and many more, in an eminently wise, entertaining, and instructive way.
650			_aEvolutionary economics
650			_aMarkets - History
650			_aCapitalism
650			_aEvolutionary economics
650			_aEconomic history
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