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.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have aggressively used their government support to achieve extraordinarily high profitability and domination of the residential mortgage market.

Although regulations resulting from legislative mandates often have no direct fiscal impact, they pose real costs to consumers as well as businesses.

This book develops the basic reasoning of benefit-cost analysis as it applies to government programs and regulations intended to save lives.

The author analyzes price controls from the Federal Power Commission.

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 volume explains why there is bipartisan interest in privatization of public housing and how it can be accomplished.

The author critically evaluates the logic behind industrial targeting and explains why these policies fail simple cost-benefit tests.

Because two disparate clients demand loyalty from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, these government-sponsored entities must fulfill two ultimately irreconcilable roles.