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Ralph Nader, public interest journalism, and interest group liberalism

Shenton, Stephen George-Maurice1991

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Crisis of consumerism: advertising, activism, and the battle over the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 1969—1980

Niesen, MollyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

… Following a scathing report by consumer activist Ralph Nader, Nixon revitalized what had come to be known as “the little old lady of Pennsylvania Avenue,” and transformed the FTC into the most powerful regulatory agency in Washington. During the period, consumer right’s activists pressured …

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