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Freedom to harm : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival
- Author
- McGarity, Thomas O.
- Title
- Freedom to harm : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival / Thomas O. McGarity.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- Description
- ix, 394 pages ; 25 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : two tragedies
- 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
- Conclusions.
- Subject headings
- Deregulation--United States. Consumer protection--United States. Environmental law--United States.
- ISBN
- 9780300141245 (cloth) 0300141246 (cloth)