"Collision in the "Middle of the Road
Warren G. Magnuson, Edward R Howrey, and the Coming of the Third Wave of Consumer Protection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7732408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy J Mcmannon (Central Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-78 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Congress & the Presidency (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-3469 • E-ISSN: 1944-1053 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07343469709507825 |
| OpenAlex | W2017793224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, consumer protection received an unusual level of congressional attention. Legislation was enacted to defend consumers' pocketbooks and to make household products, drugs, and automobiles safer Many Americans associate the beginning of this, the third such wave of consumerism, with the efforts of Ralph Nader, but its true origins were in Congress in the 1950 s, specifically in a clash between Senator Warren G. Magnuson and the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Edward F. Howrey. Magnuson, fearing that the FTC under Howrey would help big business and endanger consumers, repeatedly pressed the commission to investigate the pricing of antibiotics, which seemed to reveal price fixing. The resulting FTC report led to further investigations under Senator Estes Kefauver and the Kefauver- t larris Drug Amendments of 1962, one of the early, pathbreaking pieces of legislation of the third wave
Commission · Consumerism · Legislation · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Law
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