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By Mary Graham. 201 pp. Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press and the Governance Institute, 2002. $24.95. ISBN 0-8157-3234-1.

In the United States, there are three ways to achieve a transfer of power from the producers of goods or services to the public in order to improve health and safety. The first is traditional federal or state regulation, wherein laws enable governmental regulatory agencies, acting on behalf of the public, to hold industries accountable by means of standards, approval processes, and penalties and other sanctions for noncompliance. The second involves civil litigation, through which injured people can seek financial redress from producers of goods and services that have harmed them. The third is the power of accurate information to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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