People's Warrior (eBook)
345 Seiten
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61147-025-3 (ISBN)
It is hard to believe that there was a time, not long ago, when there was no right to obtain government information, no protection against hazards in children's toys and other consumer products, no federal safety standards for motor vehicles, and no insurance to protect an investors' money and securities in brokerage accounts. These and other consumer rights were created only after fierce political battles in the decade between 1966 and 1976. People's Warrior is the untold story of that era and one of its towering leaders, Congressman John Moss. Based on previously undisclosed materials and interviews with key players of the time People's Warrior tells the story of a stormy decade in America, one in which key laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act were enacted by Congress, despite overwhelming political opposition. It is also the improbable story of one man's life and determination. Moss fought for twelve years, against three presidents and at times his own party, for a freedom of information law that has stood the test of time and been copied around the world. Although at first stymied by special interests, he won sweeping consumer protection reforms. He went on to challenge Wall Street in an intense battle to enact major new investor protection laws. What happened to Moss and his progressive agenda in later decades, and what the future may bring for that agenda, make up the final part of this compelling story of a man and an era.
Michael R. Lemov served as chief counsel to John Moss for eight years and as general counsel of the National Commission on Product Safety. He is author of Consumer Product Safety Commission Regulatory Manual, and was recently named by the governor of Maryland to the state's Consumer Advisory Council.
1 Acknowledgments2 Foreword3 Prologue: The Consumer Decade4 1. Troubled Roots: A Little Town in the Valley5 2. Dangerous Ground: The California Assembly6 3. I Went to Bed a Loser: The Road to Congress7 4. The People's Right to Know: A Distant Shore8 5. The Freedom of Information Act: The Perilous Journey9 6. The Product Safety Act: Consumer as Guinea Pig10 7. Reviving the Federal Trade Commission: The Magnuson-Moss Act11 8. Investor Protection: Breaking Wall Street's Monopoly12 9. Cars, Chemicals, and Arab Oil: Changing Times13 10. Consumer Protection in Retreat: Two Crushing Defeats14 11. Freedom of Information Today: The Torture Memos15 Epilogue: The Legacy
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.2011 |
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Vorwort | Ralph Nader |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion | |
Schlagworte | Contemporary Political Thought • Political Science |
ISBN-10 | 1-61147-025-0 / 1611470250 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61147-025-3 / 9781611470253 |
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