Freedom to harm : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival /

"This book tells the story of how the business community, and the trade associations and think tanks that it created, launched three powerful assaults during the last quarter of the twentieth century on the federal regulatory system and the state civil justice system to accomplish a revival of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGarity, Thomas O. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Deregulation > United States.
Consumer protection > United States.
Environmental law > United States.
Consommateurs > Protection > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Consumer protection.
Deregulation.
Environmental law.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : two tragedies
  • 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
  • Conclusions.

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