Prophets of Regulation

by Thomas K. McCraw

Book Overview

"There is properly no history, only biography," Emerson remarked, and in this ingenious book Thomas McCraw unfolds the history of four powerful men: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, and Alfred E. Kahn. The absorbing stories he tells make this a book that will appeal across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and to all readers interested in history, biography, and Americana.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674716086
• ISBN13: 9780674716087
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

The book chronicles tidy snapshots of the lives and careers of 4 different men whose influence in corporate regulation remains unrivaled. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Brandeis. It is terribly unfortunate to contemporary American society that a man like Justice Louis Brandeis is not still alive and a sitting judge with the Supremes. Brandeis's intellect and legacy puts the 9 slugs currently sitting on the bench to shame.