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One of the few economists to have served on a federal regulatory commission, he contends that the FCC likely contributed to both the depth of the collapse and the slowness of the recovery of the communications sector.  A forceful critic of the agency's over regulation of communications and broadcasting markets and a frequent dissenter from its decisions while he was a commissioner, Furchtgott-Roth explains that the act preserved the FCC's multiple and conflicting responsibilities, including the writing of rules to implement the act, the enforcement of those rules, and the adjudication of the disputes that arose under them. Furchtgott-Roth presents the act as a case study in how badly government can work by describing the consequences of an agency's failure to operate clearly under a clear rule of law. The example given is the FCC, but the same failure may be observed to varying degrees at other government agencies. 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Rather than helping women, preferential policies undermine America's idea of meritocracy, and call into question the value of women's hard-earned achievements.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50288358555921,"sku":"CIN0844772410VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52105173139729,"sku":"CIN0844772410G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0844772410.jpg?v=1751363187"},{"product_id":"feminist-dilemma-book-diana-furchtgott-roth-9780844741291","title":"The Feminist Dilemma","description":"A controversial and eye-opening look at women's equality dispels the myth that women need government programs to protect them and shows why feminists want to keep this myth alive.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369641414929,"sku":"CIN0844741299G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51292607578385,"sku":"CIN0844741299VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0844741299.jpg?v=1751202083"},{"product_id":"disinherited-book-diana-furchtgott-roth-9781594038099","title":"Disinherited","description":"Tens of millions of Americans are between the ages of 18 and 30. These Americans, known as millennials, are, or soon will be, entering the workforce. For them, achieving success will be more difficult than it was for young people in the past.  This is not because they are less intelligent, they have worked less hard, or they are any less deserving of the American dream. It is because Washington made decisions that render their lives more difficult than those of their parents or grandparents. Their younger siblings and their children will be even worse off, all because Washington has refused to fix the problem.  This book describes the personal stories of several members of this disinherited generation. Their experiences are not unique.  It is impossible to hear these stories and not understand that holding back a nation's young is the antithesis of fairness and no way to make economic or social progress.  Their stories are an indictment of America's treatment of its young. A nation that prides itself on its future has mortgaged it. A nation that historically took pride in its youth culture has become a nation that steals from its young. People who should have fulfilling, productive lives are sidelined, unemployed, or underemployed.  Meanwhile, America expects millennials and others of the disinherited generation to pay higher taxes for government programs that benefit middle-aged and older Americans, many of whom have better jobs and more assets.  It is time someone told the full story of the crisis facing America's young. The future of America can be saved, but only if our government's betrayal comes to an end. It is a war without victors, only victims. The birthright of the America's young must be restored, and the time to do so is now. 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But in Regulating to Disaster, Diana Furchtgott-Roth debunks that myth. Instead, energy prices rise dramatically and America's economic growth and employment rate suffer -- in some states much more than others -- when government invests in nonviable ventures such as the bankrupted Solyndra, which the Obama Administration propped up far too long.  Electric cars, solar energy, wind farms, biofuels: President Obama's insistence on these dubious pursuits ultimately hamstrings American businesses not deemed green enough, and squeezes struggling households with regulations. Adding insult to injury: the technology subsidies Americans pay for solar panels, wind turbines, and electric batteries really help create manufacturing jobs in China and South Korea. Green jobs are the most recent reappearance of a perennial bad idea -- government regulation of certain industries, designed to anoint winners and losers in the marketplace. 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