May/June 1981 Vol. 5 No. 3 Subscribe Share Viewpoint The Stroke of a Pen By Jeremy Rabkin Features Harnessing Regulation: The Evolving Role of White House Oversight By George Eads Regulating Network Television: Dubious Premises and Doubtful Solutions By Stanley M. Besen and Thomas Krattenmaker Making Cable TV Pay? The Copyright Controversy By Henry Geller The Uncertain Course of Bank Deregulation By Kenneth E. Scott Health Manpower And Government Planning: A Review of the GMENAC Report By William S. Comanor Letters The Morality of Cost-Benefit Electric Utility Regulation Perspectives Locking the Rascals in Less Paperwork for Generic Drugs? Much A‑Brew about Nothing Grass-Roots Lobbying: Propaganda Non Grata Reversing the D.C. Circuit at the FCC In Brief Readings Hospital Duplication and Cost Control Natural Gas Deregulation: The Costs of Gradualism Stalking the “Unfair” Price Cut Merit, Bias, and Professional Work Inspecting Great Britain Washington and the Schoolhouse The Profits in Recycling Latest Issues Spring 2026 Winter 2025–2026 Fall 2025 Summer 2025
Regulating Network Television: Dubious Premises and Doubtful Solutions By Stanley M. Besen and Thomas Krattenmaker
