Description: Prophets of Regulation by Thomas K. McCraw In this ingenious book Thomas McCraw unfolds the history of four powerful men: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, and Alfred E. Kahn. The absorbing stories he tells make this a book that will appeal across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and to all readers interested in history, biography, and Americana. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "There is properly no history, only biography," Emerson remarked, and in this ingenious book Thomas McCraw unfolds the history of four powerful men: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, and Alfred E. Kahn. The absorbing stories he tells make this a book that will appeal across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and to all readers interested in history, biography, and Americana. Notes An exceptionally good book on the development of government regulatory traditions in twentieth-century America, which illuminates as well the broader course of modern reform... [McCraws] book will become a seminal work in the study of American regulation and reform. -- Alan Brinkley Author Biography Thomas K. McCraw was Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at Harvard Business School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. Table of Contents * Adams and the Sunshine Commission * State to Federal, Railroads to Trusts * Brandeis and the Origins of the FTC * Antitrust, Regulation, and the FTC * Landis and the Statecraft of the SEC * Ascent, Decline, and Rebirth * Kahn and the Economists Hour * Regulation Reconsidered * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index Review A novel, stimulating approach… McCraws effort to clarify the nature of regulation by carefully integrating biography, history of ideas and regulatory strategy pays handsome dividends… Each of these prophets wrote extensively, even compulsively, about the theory and practice of regulation. McCraw skillfully melds their words and actions into a series of revealing intellectual portraits. * Washington Post Book World *McCraw explains sophisticated economic theory in accessible terms, and he has a historians knack for isolating such basic American traits as a mistrust of big business and for showing how regulators manipulated these traits to implement their policies. * New York Times Book Review *An exceptionally good book on the development of government regulatory traditions in twentieth-century America, which illuminates as well the broader course of modern reform… [McCraws] book will become a seminal work in the study of American regulation and reform. -- Alan Brinkley Promotional An exceptionally good book on the development of government regulatory traditions in twentieth-century America, which illuminates as well the broader course of modern reform... [McCraws] book will become a seminal work in the study of American regulation and reform. -- Alan Brinkley Review Quote McGraw explains sophisticated economic theory in accessible terms, and he has a historians knack for isolating such basic American traits as a mistrust of big business and for showing how regulators manipulated these traits to implement their policies. Details ISBN0674716086 Author Thomas K. McCraw Short Title PROPHETS OF REGULATION Language English ISBN-10 0674716086 ISBN-13 9780674716087 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 338.973 Country of Publication United States Imprint The Belknap Press Subtitle Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Khan Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Affiliation Harvard Business School Pages 416 DOI 10.1604/9780674716087 UK Release Date 1986-10-15 NZ Release Date 1986-10-15 US Release Date 1986-10-15 Publisher Harvard University Press Year 1986 Publication Date 1986-10-15 Illustrations 30 halftones, 1 line illustration Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1986-10-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131953646;
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