Fixing the U.S. Postal Service.(Economics and Regulation)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
American Enterprise, The, October, 2004 by Lehrer, Eli
Fixing the U.S. Postal Service Rick Geddes, "Timid Steps Toward Postal Reform," AEI Postal Reform Paper, July 2004 (aei.org)
Under competition from e-mail, faxes, and private delivery companies, the nation's giant postal monopoly has lost billions of dollars over the last decade, leading many to the conclusion that the U.S. Postal Service needs some sort of reform. Two bills winding their way through Congress address this, but the steps they propose are too timid and minor to make a major difference, writes Presidential economic adviser and former AEI scholar Rick Geddes.
Geddes finds some things to like in the proposals before Congress. Most importantly, the proposals would chip away at the near-total monopoly of the Postal Service on first class...
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