Fall of the Bell System A Study in Prices and Politics

Name: Fall of the Bell System A Study in Prices and Politics
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ISBN: 9780521389297

ISBN-10: 0521389291

ISBN-13: 9780521389297

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Authors: Peter Temin, Louis Galambos

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AT&T's divestiture was the largest corporate reorganization in history and has had international repercussions. It was a major development in American economic policy, and a prominent part of the deregulation movement of the late 1970s. This study reveals the internal decision-making process at AT&T and explains how private and public interests combined to shape corporate and public policy in late 20th-century America. Temin weaves the strands of politics, economics, business, and law into an accessible narrative history that will be of interest to the general reader who wants to know about government business interaction and how it affects American citizens. Temin portrays divestiture as a…

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List price: $35.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Peter Temin is Elisha Gray II Professor Emeritus of Economics at MIT and the author of Lessons from the Great Depression (MIT Press) and other books. Temin and Vines are coauthors of The Leaderless Economy: Why the World Economic System Fell Apart and How to Fix It.



List of tables, figures, and plates


Preface


Acknowledgments


Note on sources


Introduction



Setting the stage



Competition comes to the Bell System



Action and reaction



The conflict broadens



Fighting on all fronts



Reaching agreement



Creating the new order



Reflections


Index