Energy Policy in America since 1945 A Study of Business-Government Relations

Name: Energy Policy in America since 1945 A Study of Business-Government Relations
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ISBN: 9780521335720

ISBN-10: 0521335728

ISBN-13: 9780521335720

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Authors: Richard H. K. Vietor, Louis Galambos, Robert Gallmam

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In the political economy of energy, World War II was a significant watershed: It accelerated the transition from dependence on coal to petroleum and natural gas. At the same time, mobilization provided an unprecedented experience in the management of energy markets by a forced partnership of business and government. Vietor covers American policy from 1945 to 1980. For readers convinced that big business contrived the energy crisis of the 1970s, this story will be disappointing, but enlightening. For those committed to theories of regulatory capture or public interest reform it should be frustrating. More than a history of government policy making, this book provides us with an innovative…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/30/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.06" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



List of charts and figures


List of tables


Editors+ preface


Acknowledgments


List of abbreviations



Introduction: the political economy of energy



The Transition to Peace and Fluid Fuels, 1945+1958



The foundations of postwar policy



+Stepping right out+ with synthetic fuels



Regulating natural gas in the absence of economics



Oil imports: the failure of voluntarism



Managing Surplus Through the Politics of Stasis, 1959+1968



Oil import quotas



Formula for shortage: natural gas price controls



Sunfuels revisited: nostrum for the coal industry



The Second Energy Transition: Adjustment to Depletion, 1969+1980



Energy crisis and structural change



Equity versus efficiency: oil price controls



Natural gas: the dilemma of regulatory transition



Natural gas: the consequences of scarcity



National energy management



Business, government, and public policy


Index