This book addresses the most prominent policy issues raised by advertising--competition, consumer information, children, ad bans, and free speech.

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

This volume considers whether the first major overhaul of U.S. communications policy in more than sixty years is accomplishing its purposes.

This book assesses the likely consequences of tighter science budgets and suggests ways in which U.S. science can come to terms with downsizing.

How well did theTelecommunications Act of 1996 respond to consumer demands?

This book examines the effects of government intervention on the operations of the freight transportation industry.

This booktraces the origins of GSEs, contrasts investor-owned and cooperative GSEs, and examines such issues as activities and the quality of oversight.