Media Markets and Democracy or Private Real Estate Investment

Media, Markets, and Democracy(Communication, Society, and Politics Series)

Author: C Edwin Baker

Giving people the media they want is thought to justify the move toward deregulation that has swept media policy circles. Freedom of the press is thought to require resistance to government interventions in the media realm. This book uses economic and democratic theory to undermine the premises of both beliefs. It also relies on these theories to evaluate journalistic practice, to recommend appropriate governmental policy toward the media, and to defend a preferred constitutional conception of press freedom. These issues should be vitally important to anyone interested in the proper practice of journalism, media policy, a free press, or democracy.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Serving Audiences	1
1	Not Toasters: The Special Nature of Media Products	7
2	Public Goods and Monopolistic Competition	20
3	The Problem of Externalities	41
4	The Market as a Measure of Preferences	63
5	Where To? Policy Responses	96
Pt. II	Serving Citizens	123
6	Different Democracies and Their Media	129
7	Journalistic Ideals	154
8	Fears and Responsive Policies	164
9	Constitutional Implications	193
Pt. III	An Illustration: International Trade	215
10	Trade and Economics	222
11	Trade, Culture, and Democracy	245
	Conclusion	277
	Postscript: The Internet and Digital Technologies	285
	Notes	309
	Index	365

Books about: Coalitions across Borders or Education in a Globalized World

Private Real Estate Investment: Data Analysis and Decision Making

Author: Roger J Brown

Fiduciary responsibilities and related court-imposed liabilities have forced investors to assess market conditions beyond gut level, resulting in the development of sophisticated decision-making tools. Roger Brown's use of historical real estate data enables him to develop tools for gauging the impact of circumstances on relative risk. His application of higher level statistical modeling to various aspects of real estate makes this book an essential partner in real estate research. Offering tools to enhance decision-making for consumers and researchers in market economies of any country interested in land use and real estate investment, his book will improve real estate market efficiency. With property the world's biggest asset class, timely data on housing prices just got easier to find and use.

*Excellent mixture of theory and application
*Data and database analysis techniques are the first of their kind
*CDROM contains pre-written code for data analysis tailored specifically to real estate settings