First published 1971
The Regulated Consumer
The Regulated Consumer by Mary Bennett Peterson is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.
- Mary Bennett Peterson
- First published
- 1971
- Format
- Pages
- 186
- ISBN
- 9781610160490
- Publisher
- Ottawa, Illinois: Green Hill Publishers, 1971. Introduction by Milton Friedman
- License
- Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.
At the outset of the Naderite consumer movement, the Austrians had a vigorous response in this book by Mary Bennett Peterson. She discusses whether and to what extent product, safety, labor, communications, and other regulation helps or hinders the interest of the consumer. She argues that the right of contract and the freedom to trade are the best protections, and that regulations only end up privileging some producers over others. This book is an excellent case study in the application of Mises's principle of consumer sovereignty. It appeared in 1971, and its forecast of a hobbled production process and unprotected consumers have proven true many times over.
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- How long is The Regulated Consumer?
- 186 pages and 11 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
- Is The Regulated Consumer in the public domain?
- No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
- Who wrote The Regulated Consumer?
- Mary Bennett Peterson was an American author and lobbyist.
What's in it
11 chapters · page numbers are this file's
- Prefacep. 6
- Introduction by Friedmanp. 14
- I. Regulation: Consumer Boon or Bane?p. 22
- II. The Consumer Movement and the Food and Drug Adminstrationp. 38
- III. Competition and the Antitrust Divisionp. 58
- IV. Consumer Protectionism and the Federal Trade Commissionp. 74
- V. The Working Man an the National Labor Relations Boardp. 92
- VI. Transporation and the Interstate Commerce Commissionp. 108
- VII. Airlines adn the Civil Aeronatics Boardp. 124
- VIII. Broadcasters, Viewers, Listeners, and the Federal Communications Commissionp. 142
- IX. The Case for Deregulationp. 160
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