Regulatory Revolution at the FTC
Subtitle: A Thirty-Year Perspective on Competition and Consumer Protection
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780199989287
Subjects: United states, federal trade commission; Trade regulation, united states; Consumer protection, law and legislation, united states
Description: In the 1970s, the Federal Trade Commission had embarked on an activist consumer protection and antitrust agenda which resulted in severe public and congressional backlash, including calls to abolish the agency. Beginning in 1981, under the direction of Chairman James Miller, the FTC started down a new path of economically-oriented policymaking. This new approach helped save the FTC and laid the groundwork for it to grow into the world-class consumer protection and antitrust agency that it is today. This book examines this period of transition in light of continuing debate about the FTC's mission.