Marketing and Communication

Wage and Price Controls (C): The Early History of Controls

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

When inflation reached 18 percent in 1980, a groundswell of public opinion clamored for mandatory wage and price controls. President Carter steadfastly refused, citing consensus among government leaders and economists that America's previous...

Fraud, Abuse and Waste at HEW

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

During her lunch break, Eileen Shanahan, HEW assistant secretary for public affairs, learns that the first annual report of HEW's inspector general, due to be published the next day, will claim that HEW "wastes seven billion dollars a year." The...

Freezing the Arms Race: Public Opinion (Supplement)

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Campaign in Washington

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Genesis of a Mass Movement: Addendum

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Freezing the Arms Race: The Genesis of a Mass Movement

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

This two-part case examines Randall Forsberg's role in the evolution of the grassroots nuclear freeze movement. The first part ("Genesis of a Mass Movement") offers background on post-WWII arms issues and on the growth of the peace movement...

Press and the Neutron Bomb: Abridged

Publication Date: January 01, 1983

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...

Keynes and Friedman on the Great Depression

Publication Date: January 01, 1982

The dispute between John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman over economic theory has established many of the parameters for current economic discussion and political action. This case examines their differing perspectives on the Great...

Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

During her study at Mount Holyoke in the early twentieth century, Frances Perkins, daughter of the Yankee middle class, learned about the horrors of industrial America and decided to devote her life to social reform. This case offers a brief...

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Summary Case

Publication Date: January 01, 1980

This case series examines the events that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Part A traces the development of voting registration drives in Selma, Alabama, and examines their role in furthering voting rights legislation...

Central Utah Project (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1978

This case examines Interior Secretary Rogers Morton's decision to continue construction of the Bonneville unit of the Central Utah Project (CUP), a $2.1 billion multi-purpose water resource project. Part A outlines the background of the CUP...

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Sequel

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the events that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Part A traces the development of voting registration drives in Selma, Alabama, and examines their role in furthering voting rights legislation...