Econ Journal Watch » Articles by Section The Market for Goods and the Market for Ideas by Ronald H. Coase Read this article Read Now PDF Access statistics 2,652 article downloads 926 complete issue downloads Total: 3,578 Browse by Issue Browse by Date Browse by Section Sounds of Silence Read this article (PDF) Ronald Coase (1910–2013) was a British economist who became Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School… Abstract If economic theory teaches the desirability of government intervention in markets with externalities, monopoly power, asymmetric knowledge, and products with false allure, then it can scarcely be urged more strongly than in the market for ideas. Ronald Coase (1910–2013) was a British economist who became Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School…
