Bibliograph

No one makes you shop at Wal-Mart, the surprising deceptions of individual choice, Tom Slee

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No one makes you shop at Wal-Mart, the surprising deceptions of individual choice, Tom Slee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

No one makes you shop at Wal-Mart

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

181843344

Responsibility statement

Tom Slee

Review

"In No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart, Tom Slee unpacks what it means to believe in the power of choice. Pointing out that individual choice has become the lynchpin of a neo-conservative ideology he calls MarketThink, Slee urges us to re-examine popular assumptions. He draws on game theory to argue that individual choice is not inherently bad. Nor is it the panacea that corporations and governments claim it to be." "A spirited treatise, this book will make you think about choice in a whole new way. Book jacket."--Jacket

Sub title

the surprising deceptions of individual choice

Table Of Contents

A world of choice -- Good choices and bad outcomes -- Private choices and public failures -- Arms races and red queens -- Co-operation and its limits -- Divide and conquer -- That obscure object of desire -- Join or get run over -- The devil you know -- Free to choose, but exploited -- Beyond whimsley

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