Prophets of regulation : Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn
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Prophets of regulation : Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1984
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Includes index
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ISBN 9780674716070
Description
"There is properly no history, only biography," Emerson remarked, and in this ingenious book Thomas McGraw 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.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674716087
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"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.
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 Economist's Hour * Regulation Reconsidered * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
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