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Bottleneckers : gaming the government for power and private profit / William Mellor and Dick M. Carpenter II, PhD.
Author
Mellor, William H.
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Format
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Language
English
Εdition
First American edition.
Published/Created
New York : Encounter Books, 2016.
Description
xiv, 355 pages ; 24 cm
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HD3630.U6 M45 2016
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Licenses
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United States
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History
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Trade regulation
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United States
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Trade associations
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United States
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Carpenter, Dick M. (Dick Michael)
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Summary note
A "bottlenecker" is anyone who uses government power to limit competition, limit consumer choice, drive up consumer prices, and reap monopoly profits and other benefits. This book provides a rich history and well-researched examples of bottleneckers in one occupation after another--from alcohol distributors to taxicab cartels--pointing the way to positive reforms. -- adapted from dust jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-344) and index.
Contents
Introduction
How bottleneckers got their name
Casket cartels: robbery without a pistol
When licenses creep
Designed to exclude: the interior design cartel's house of lies
To speak freely, pee in this cup
The regulatory stone age
The schnitzel king is no more
The bottlenecking vanguard
Conclusion.
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ISBN
9781594039072 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1594039070 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016020839
OCLC
945719352
Other standard number
40028141807
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