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.

Today's knowledge-based economy requires an entirely new system of assessing the value of companies--a system tapping the vast communication capabilities of the Internet.

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.

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

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

Today's knowledge-based economy requires an entirely new system of assessing the value of companies--a system tapping the vast communication capabilities of the Internet.

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.