Title
Freedom to harm [electronic resource] : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival / Thomas O. McGarity.
ISBN
9780300195217 electronic book
0300141246
9780300141245
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 394 p.)
Call Number
KF1600 .M395 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.973
Summary
"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 the laissez faire political economy that dominated Gilded Age America. Although the consequences of these assaults became painfully apparent in a confluence of crises during the early twenty-first century, the patch-and-repair fixes that Congress and the Obama administration put into place did little to change the underlying laissez faire ideology and practice that continues to dominate the American political economy. In anticipation of the next confluence of crises, Thomas McGarity offers suggestions for more comprehensive governmental protections for consumers, workers, and the environment." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
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.
