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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas O McGarity |
ISBN: | 9780300141245 0300141246 |
OCLC Number: | 813287569 |
Description: | ix, 394 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The laissez faire benchmark -- Freedom reined : the progressive era through the public interest era -- Freedom, responsibility, and accountability -- The intellectual and financial foundations -- The idea infrastructure -- The influence infrastructure -- The assaults on regulation -- Worker safety -- Environmental protection -- Drug and device safety -- Food safety -- Transportation safety -- Financial protection -- Consumer protection -- Civil justice -- Disabled government -- Patch-and-repair -- Striking a new bargain. |
Responsibility: | Thomas O. McGarity. |
Abstract:
Looks at America's succession of "laissez-faire revivals" that show how anti-regulatory business crusades harm public safety and economic performance with a look at the Gilded Age, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s; the Laissez-Faire Revival of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s; and the tenure of the George W Bush administration.
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"A well-written, well-reasoned book that should be read by every consumer rights lawyer, as well as people involved in consumer advocacy and public-interest organizations."-Trial -- Allen P. Wilkinson * Trial * Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013 in the U.S. Politics Category. -- Outstanding Academic Title * Choice * Read more...
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