Six articles contribute to the attention on the U.S. Postal Service in response to advances in telecommunications and communications and new thinking about regulated industries.

Contributors discuss proposals the legislative veto, the regulatory budget, mandatory applications of cost-benefit analysis, and the Carter administration's regulatory reform initiatives.

The financial safety net constructed in the 1930s may be the single most destabilizing influence in the financial system.

J. Gregory Sidak and Daniel F. Spulber examine the justifications for the publicly-protected postal monopoly and its public ownership and control.

The financial safety net constructed in the 1930s may be the single most destabilizing influence in the financial system.

J. Gregory Sidak and Daniel F. Spulber examine the justifications for the publicly-protected postal monopoly and its public ownership and control.

Contributors discuss proposals the legislative veto, the regulatory budget, mandatory applications of cost-benefit analysis, and the Carter administration's regulatory reform initiatives.

Six articles contribute to the attention on the U.S. Postal Service in response to advances in telecommunications and communications and new thinking about regulated industries.