Press and the Neutron Bomb: Summary Intro

Publication Date: February 01, 1984

In June 1977, a page-one Washington Post story disclosed that the Carter administration budget contained funding for production of enhanced radiation warheads: the so-called neutron bomb. In April 1978, following mass protests in several West...

Ronald Reagan and Tax Exemptions for Racist Schools (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In January 1982, the Reagan administration reversed a Nixon-era policy, the effect of which would grant tax exemptions to racially discriminatory schools. The change was developed by lawyers at the Treasury and Justice Departments, who believed...

Ronald Reagan and Tax Exemptions for Racist Schools

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In January 1982, the Reagan administration reversed a Nixon-era policy, the effect of which would grant tax exemptions to racially discriminatory schools. The change was developed by lawyers at the Treasury and Justice Departments, who believed...

Chrysler Corporation (D): The Crunch

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

Chrysler Corporation (C): The Deal

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

Chrysler Corporation (B): The Choice

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

Chrysler Corporation (A): The Bid

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

International Harvester

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1982, faced with serious financial difficulties, International Harvester recognized a need to reduce costs at their Fort Wayne, Indiana and Springfield, Ohio truck assembly operations. That same year, the firm began negotiations with both...

Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions liked the old system, were well served by it, and...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions liked the old system, were well served by it, and...