All Posts Tagged With: "Civil Aeronautics Board"
Forgotten Lines
In the January 23, 2010, Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle, one of the clues was “Sassy reply to criticism.” The answer: “It’s a free country.” Why do I find this so striking? For two reasons. First, when I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, not many people around me considered that a sassy reply. [...]
20Apr2010 | David R. Henderson | 4 comments | ContinuedAirline Protectionism Hurts Travelers
In one form or another the U.S. government has regulated the domestic airline industry since 1930. The imposition of various rules and regulations has kept the industry from becoming as efficient as it might have become had it evolved in a free market. While many controls ended in 1978 and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) [...]
1Oct2002 | and Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | ContinuedDeregulating Freight Transportation
Deregulating Freight Transportation is a thoughtful and timely book written by Paul Teske, Samuel Best, and Michael Mintrom. The authors describe how the movement to deregulate transportation finally succeeded and how it is saving the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year. Much of this book is the story of the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) [...]
1Aug1996 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | Continued-
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