General motors, Nazis, and the demise of urban rail transit

In 1974, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly conducted hearings on concentration in America's ground transportation industries. A considerable portion of the testimony and supporting materials was related to a controversial report written by then Su...

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Published in:Government Publications Review 1984-01, Vol.11 (3), p.211-232
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