Store Search
Cato Store Home
>> Author Search Results
>> Search Results
The Last Monopoly: Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age
Edited by Edward L. Hudgins
About the Book
While efficient communications are vital for advanced industrial socities, the United States is poised to enter the 21st century with the U.S. Postal Service, a government monopoly established in the 18th century.
In this age of personal computers, fax machines, and e-mail, the Postal Service is quickly becoming obsolete. This book explores the pros and cons of privatizing the Postal Service and abolishing its monopoly on carrying first-class mail.
The 14 contributors to this volume include Postmaster General Marvin Runyon; economist Rick Geddes; Murray Comarow, father of the modern USPS; Thomas M. Lenard of the Progress and Freedom Foundation; Steve Gibson of the Bioeconomics Institute; and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.).
[ TOP ]
|
About the Editor
Cato Adjunct Scholar Ed Hudgins is currently director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Objectivist Center. He is an expert on the regulation of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, labor, space and transportation and on state and international regulatory comparisons. He served as a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and was both deputy director for economic policy studies and director of the Center for International Economic Growth at the Heritage Foundation.
[ TOP ]
|
|
|
Cato Institute • 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. • Washington D.C. 20001-5403
Phone (202) 842-0200 • Fax (202) 842-3490
