Contrived competition regulation and deregulation in america vietor richard 9780674169623 books amazonca. Contrived competition regulation and deregulation in america by richard h k vietor cambridge ma the belknap press of harvard university press 1994 pp 439 . Contrived competition book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers this book explains how four major firms american airlines el paso . This is the story of a revolution in american industry the massive deregulation of markets by the government starting in the late 1970s after an era of new deal controls that lasted forty years and in response to a stagnating economy a new intellectual and political consensus developed in support of competitive markets beginning in 1978 congress enacted a raft of deregulatory reforms . Contrived competition regulation and deregulation in america by richard h k vietor format print sharebar abstract this book explains how four major firms american airlines el paso natural gas att and bank america and their respective managements were challenged by the deregulation of markets starting in the late 1970s the four stories illustrate the dynamic process of market