This volume shows that the public policy concerns are not accidental, because such industries often embody two major and widely recognized forms of potential market failure.

This book identifies the major sources of competition to the cable television industry, such as telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite services, and traditional broadcasting stations.

Key economists for the government and for the Microsoft Corporation lay out their views on the key issues and then respond to the views presented by the opposing side.

This book revisits the critical period of unbridled competition between the Bell System and independent telephone companies early in this century.