The Last Monopoly
Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age

edited by Edward L. Hudgins

While efficient communications are vital for advanced industrial socities, the United States is poised to enter the 21st century with the U.S. Postal Service, a government monopoly established in the 18th century.

In this age of personal computers, fax machines, and e-mail, the Postal Service is quickly becoming obsolete. This book explores the pros and cons of privatizing the Postal Service and abolishing its monopoly on carrying first-class mail.

The 14 contributors to this volume include Postmaster General Marvin Runyon; economist Rick Geddes; Murray Comarow, father of the modern USPS; Thomas M. Lenard of the Progress and Freedom Foundation; Steve Gibson of the Bioeconomics Institute; and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). Distributed to the trade by National Book Network.

1996/148 pp./$19.95 cloth ISBN 1-882577-31-0
$9.95 paper ISBN 1-882577-32-9

Edited by Edward L. Hudgins, director of regulatory studies at the Cato Institute.

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