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Colston E. Warne Lecture: Is It Time for Another Round of Consumer Protection? The Lessons of Twentieth‐Century U.S. History
Author(s) -
COHEN LIZABETH
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2010.01164.x
Subject(s) - battle , presidency , consumer protection , agency (philosophy) , political science , law , advertising , sociology , history , business , law and economics , social science , politics , ancient history
The first year of Barack Obama's presidency has returned consumer issues to center stage, with several contentious struggles over consumer protection. This moment can be viewed as a fourth wave of the twentieth‐century consumer movement, and a comparison with the first three waves (during the Progressive Era, the New Deal, and the 1960s–1970s) offers instructive insights. In particular, the contemporary battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Agency bears striking similarities to the failed campaign for a Consumer Protection Agency in the 1970s.