FRIENDLY SKIES - The Story of Airline Deregulation

FRIENDLY SKIES - The Story of Airline Deregulation

Author: Bruce Carlson July 31, 2025 Duration: 55:17
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
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A Democratic President and a liberal Senator push a free-market reform in the late 1970s that affects us all today. We look at the story of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Among the topics - legroom politics, cold fried chicken, consumer rights, cargo politics, Carter's legislative ability or lack of it, champagne denial, mistreated pets, and the deregulator now wearing a robe at SCOTUS. Sponsored by: The University of Aberdeen: https://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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