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Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
John McMillan
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Description for Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
Paperback. Clear, insightful, and nondogmatic, this book gives us a new appreciation for one of our most ubiquitous institutions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KCC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 48 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
From the wild swings of the stock market to the online auctions of eBay to the unexpected twists of the world's post-Communist economies, markets have suddenly become quite visible. We now have occasion to ask, "What makes these institutions work? How important are they? How can we improve them?"
Taking us on a lively tour of a world we once took for granted, John McMillan offers examples ranging from a camel trading fair in India to the $20 million per day Aalsmeer flower market in the Netherlands to the global trade in AIDS drugs. Eschewing ideology, he shows us that ... Read more
A New York Times Notable Book.
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Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393323719
SKU
V9780393323719
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About John McMillan
John McMillan (1951—2007) was the Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
Reviews for Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
"There could be no better guide to the modern view of markets than John McMillan's book."
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner in economics
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner in economics