Mail @ the millennium : will the postal service go private? / edited by Edward L. Hudgins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hudgins, Edward Lee, 1952-

Cato Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Postal Service.

Postal service--Deregulation--United States.

Postal service.

Privatization--United States.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mail at the millennium

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As more people correspond and pay bills online, dramatically reducing the need for letter carrying, what is the place for the Postal Service in the 21st century?

Contents:

Mail @ the Millennium: Will Postal Service Go Private?; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1: The State of the Postal Service; 1. The Coming Revolution in Mail Delivery; 2. A View from the Postal Service; 3. The Postal Service's Market Grab; 4. Dangers in Cyberspace; 5. A Mass Mailer's Perspective; Part II: The Changing Market Structure; 6. Labor Market Outcomes of Postal Reorganization; 7. Consequences of Competition; 8. Fatal Flaws in the Postal Service's Structure; 9. The Future of Messaging; Part III: Unwinding Monopolies

10. The Post Office and the Digital Switch: Observations on an Outmoded Industry11. Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service; 12. The Global Postal Reform Movement; 13. A Competitor's View; Part IV: Proposed Reforms; 14. Congressonal Plans for Postal Modernization; 15. The United States' Postal Contradiction; 16. A Free Market Critique of Postal Reform; Index; Cato Institute; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611905460

9781933995809

1933995807

9781281905468

1281905461

9781597340502

1597340502

OCLC:

610030222