The first railroad czar, the first trade regulator, the first Wall Street watchdog, the economist who shook up the airlines in the ‘70s-these are McCraw’s titular prophets, the guys who mastered the art of keeping business in check. McCraw tells their engaging stories-like that of James Landis, father of the SEC, dean of Harvard Law School, alcoholic, tax evader, reported suicide-covering 100 years of U.S. history in the bargain. The book is a lesson in the protean nature of industry and the undeniable need for acute, economic-minded oversight. [Robert Reich Annotation]
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