Bottleneckers : gaming the government for power and private profit / William Mellor and Dick M. Carpenter II, PhD.

Author
Mellor, William H. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First American edition.
Published/​Created
New York : Encounter Books, 2016.
Description
xiv, 355 pages ; 24 cm

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    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.
    ISBN
    • 9781594039072 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 1594039070 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016020839
    OCLC
    945719352
    Other standard number
    • 40028141807
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