People's warrior [electronic resource] : John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / Michael R. Lemov.
Lemov, Michael R., 1935-
2011
E748.M775 L46 2011eb
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Title People's warrior [electronic resource] : John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / Michael R. Lemov.
Author Lemov, Michael R., 1935-
ISBN 9781611470253 (electronic book)
9781611470246
9781611474718
Imprint Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 237 p.) : ill.
Call Number E748.M775 L46 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 328.73092 B
Summary It is hard to believe that there was a time, not long ago, when there was no right to obtain government information, no protection against hazards in children's toys and other consumer products, no federal safety standards for motor vehicles, and no insurance to protect an investors' money and securities in brokerage accounts. These and other consumer rights were created only after fierce political battles in the decade between 1966 and 1976. People's Warrior is the untold story of that era and oneof its towering leaders, Congressman John Moss. Based on previously undisclosed materials and interviews with key players of the time People's Warrior tells the story of a stormy decade in America, one in which key laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act were enacted by Congress, despite overwhelming political opposition. It is also the improbable story of one man's life and determination. Moss fought for twelve years, against three presidents and at times his own party, for a freedom of information law that has stood the test of time and been copied around the world. Although at first stymied by special interests, he won sweeping consumer protection reforms. He went on to challenge Wall Street in an intensebattle to enact major new investor protection laws. What happened to Moss and his progressive agenda in later decades, and what the future may bring for that agenda, make up the final part of this compelling story of a man and an era.
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Prologue: the consumer decade
Troubled roots : a little town in the valley
Dangerous ground : the California Assembly
I went to bed a loser : the road to Congress
The people's right to know : a distant shore
The Freedom of Information Act : perilous journey
The Product Safety Act : consumer as guinea pig
Reviving the Federal Trade Commission : the Magnuson-Moss Act
Investor protection : breaking Wall Street's monopoly
Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil : changing times
Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats
Freedom of information today : the torture memos
Epilogue : the legacy.

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