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Privatizing And Eliminating The Monopoly Of The United States Postal Service
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Download or read book Monopoly Mail written by Douglas Adie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st ce
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Download or read book Privatizing and Eliminating the Monopoly of the United States Postal Service written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monopoly Mail written by Douglas K. Adie and published by Transaction Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service—an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive—and controversial—reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st century as a modern, efficient company. It would also give American consumers a chance to have the kind of mail service that a modern economy demands.
Book Synopsis The Last Monopoly by : Edward Lee Hudgins
Download or read book The Last Monopoly written by Edward Lee Hudgins and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the pros and cons of privatizing the postal service.
Download or read book Free the Mail written by Peter J. Ferrara and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 1990 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the Postal Service Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :164 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis The Postal Reorganization Act Twenty-five Years Later by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the Postal Service
Download or read book The Postal Reorganization Act Twenty-five Years Later written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the Postal Service and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Protecting Competition from the Postal Monopoly by : J. Gregory Sidak
Download or read book Protecting Competition from the Postal Monopoly written by J. Gregory Sidak and published by A E I Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Private Express Statutes protect the U.S. Postal Service from competition in the delivery of letter mail. In contrast, few if any corresponding rules protect competition in other areas from the federal government's postal monopoly. Not only are the Postal Service's competitive activities arguably unrestricted by any explicit application of antitrust law, but public ownership and control exempt the Postal Service's actions from the corporate governance that is characteristic of private enterprises. The Postal Service can take advantage of its autonomy and protected letter mail monopoly to subsidize its entry and expansion in competitive markets, such as parcel post and express mail. That raises a fundamental issue: whether Congress's grant of a monopoly to the Postal Service over the delivery of letter mail should be used to restrict or supplant private commerce in other markets. In this book J. Gregory Sidak and Daniel F. Spulber examine the justifications for the publicly protected postal monopoly and its public ownership and control. On the basis of their economic and legal analysis, the authors demonstrate the need to prevent extension of the postal monopoly into competitive markets.
Book Synopsis The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security by : Lois M. Davis
Download or read book The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security written by Lois M. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Postal Service has long held a statutory monopoly to deliver mail to mailboxes (known as the Mailbox Rule). Critics have argued against the Mailbox Rule on anti-monopoly and property rights grounds. But relaxing the Mailbox Rule may affect public safety and security. This study assesses the public safety concerns of relaxing the Mailbox Rule and makes recommendations to address these concerns.
Book Synopsis Postal Service Reform by : United States. General Accounting Office
Download or read book Postal Service Reform written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effects of Privatizing the United States Postal Service by : Gerardo Davila (Graduate student)
Download or read book The Effects of Privatizing the United States Postal Service written by Gerardo Davila (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a public agency that provides many services to the American public including mail delivery, post office boxes for the public, and other miscellaneous services including passport preparation, banking services, and stationary products. For several decades, the Postal Service has struggled with dire fiscal issues, creating tense bickering between political leaders on how to address them and whether to allow the Post Office to go bankrupt and allow the private sector to take over. Decisions made by the Postal Service and Congress to address fiscal issues, advancements in technology, retirement liabilities, and competition from the private sector have not helped, but all major decisions can be attributed to one entity and one entity only: Congress. Congressional legislation drafted to assist the USPS has gone nowhere and bickering between political parties dominates any attempts to help the USPS with its fiscal issues. Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to fight over whether the agency should be allowed to fail and be taken over by the private sector, or whether the agency should be saved at all costs (Democrats favor the latter). Unfunded pension liabilities, shrinking revenue, competition from private sector companies like UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the progression of the internet and email have all contributed to the agency's turmoil. Congress continues to kick the can down the road by providing the agency with federal loans to cover its financial shortcomings; however, any legislation to address long-term needs is ignored due to partisan politics.
Book Synopsis Mail at the Millennium by : Edward L. Hudgins
Download or read book Mail at the Millennium written by Edward L. Hudgins and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2001-09-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes why the Postal Service needs to be privatized if mail delivery is to be an efficient component of rather than a corroded cog in the communications and information economy. The first section examines the state of the USPS, including its dangerous forays into cyberspace. The second section considers the changing structure of the mail market, including a look at labor problems, fatal flaws with the organization of the USPS, and the probable consequences of competition. The third section explores how to unwind government monopolies and reviews postal reforms in other countries. The fourth section offers actual reform and privatization proposals. Essays by Postmaster General William Henderson, Federal Express founder Frederick Smith, and Pitney Bowes CEO Michael Critelli contribute to making this volume an indispensable guide for charting the future of mail in the new millennium.
Book Synopsis Downsizing the Federal Government by : Chris Edwards
Download or read book Downsizing the Federal Government written by Chris Edwards and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2005-11-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government is running huge budget deficits, spending too much, and heading toward a financial crisis. Federal spending soared under President George W. Bush, and the costs of programs for the elderly are set to balloon in coming years. Hurricane Katrina has made the federal budget situation even more desperate. In Downsizing the Federal Government Cato Institute budget expert Chris Edwards provides policymakers with solutions to the growing federal budget mess. Edwards identifies more than 100 federal programs that should be terminated, transferred to the states, or privatized in order to balance the budget and save hundreds of billions of dollars. Edwards proposes a balanced reform package of cuts to entitlements, domestic programs, and excess defense spending. He argues that these cuts would not only eliminate the deficit, but also strengthen the economy, enlarge personal freedom, and leave a positive fiscal legacy for the next generation. Downsizing the Federal Government discusses the systematic causes of wasteful spending, and it overflows with examples of federal programs that are obsolete and mismanaged. The book examines the budget process and shows how policymakers act contrary to the interests of average Americans by favoring special interests.
Book Synopsis The Future of the Postal Monopoly by : Damien Geradin
Download or read book The Future of the Postal Monopoly written by Damien Geradin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2002, President Bush established the Presidential Commission on the United States Postal Service for the purpose of proposing how government provision of mail delivery services might be reformed or transformed. The Commission reported in July 2003 that the Postal Service should not be privatized but rather should remain a public entity that would increasingly be run like a commercial enterprise. In 2004, however, the Supreme Court moved the Postal Service farther away from being a true commercial enterprise when it held in the Flamingo Industries case that the agency is immune from antitrust law. In this article, we argue that the Postal Service already operates like a commercialized governmental enterprise and that pursuing that path even further would increase rather than decrease the problems faced by the U.S. postal sector. Although we support privatization, that option may not be politically feasible. Consequently, we examine how postal reform might proceed incrementally in the form of an improved government agency. That approach would entail two broad principles for postal reform. The first is to define the Postal Service's mission in terms of remedying conditions of market failure. That goal encompasses universal service, quality of service, and reasonableness of rates. The second broad principle is to avoid competitive distortions through the pricing and product offerings of the Postal Service. This principle entails avoiding government production in markets that are or can be served satisfactorily by private firms, as well as avoiding discrimination among mailers and among competitors in secondary markets. We then present specific recommendations that would advance these two broad goals if the Postal Service remains an agency of the federal government. Those recommendations encompass costing, universal service, rate design and mail classification, the postal monopoly, and market entry and exit ő as well as legislative reversal of Flamingo Industries.
Download or read book Saving the Mail written by Rick Geddes and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the U.S. Postal Service, its organization, and its performance since its creation by the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the Postal Service Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :172 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (7 download)
Book Synopsis The U.S. Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the Postal Service
Download or read book The U.S. Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the Postal Service and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Changing the Private Express Laws by : United States. Department of Justice
Download or read book Changing the Private Express Laws written by United States. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
