MARKET FAILURE: A FAILED PARADIGM

Philip Booth

Economic Affairs, 2008, vol. 28, issue 4, 72-74

Abstract: The concept of ‘market failure’ is often used to justify government intervention. Here, the author asks whether the concept is sufficiently meaningful for it to be used to make policy judgments.

Date: 2008
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