Reinventing the Bazaar

by McMillan, John

• ISBN13: 9780393050219
• ISBN10: 0393050211
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

From eBay to the stock market to the unexpected twists of the world's post-communist economies, market structure has suddenly become quite visible. We have occasion to wonder, "What makes markets work? How important are they? What can we do to improve them? And how can we harness them to other applications?"

Author Biography

John McMillan is the Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Only Natural Economy	3	(12)
Triumphs of Intelligence	15	(12)
He Who Can't Pay Dies	27	(14)
Information Wants to Be Free	41	(12)
Honesty Is the Best Policy	53	(12)
To the Best Bidder	65	(10)
Come Bid!	75	(14)
When You Work for Yourself	89	(14)
The Embarrassment of a Patent	103	(16)
No Man Is an Island	119	(17)
A Conspiracy against the Public	136	(12)
Grassroots Effort	148	(19)
Managers of Other People's Money	167	(15)
A New Era of Competition	182	(14)
Coming Up for Air	196	(15)
Antipoverty Warriors	211	(13)
Market Imperatives	224	(7)
Acknowledgments	231	(2)
Endnotes	233	(14)
References	247	(16)
Index	263