Re: Airline deregulation consensus

2001-03-07 Thread Jim Devine
At 08:39 PM 3/6/01 -0500, you wrote: Two of Ted Kennedy's aides, Stephen Breyer and Phil Bakes, were apparently involved with the antiwar movement at Harvard, in much the same manner as Bill Clinton I suppose. For these two, the drive against airline regulation was somehow akin to the 60s

Airline deregulation consensus

2001-03-06 Thread Louis Proyect
While it is perhaps to soon to make the argument that the "neoliberal" turn in the USA was a thoroughly bipartisan affair, I am struck by the broad consensus around airline deregulation, which was one of the earliest attempts to reverse the New Deal legacy. (Of course, it should be emphasized

Re: Airline deregulation consensus

2001-03-06 Thread Michael Perelman
Lou, I am enjoying your posts on this subject, but is this characterization correct? Louis Proyect wrote: Kahn, a Hayekian ideologue, -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]