CONTENTS PREFACE ... ⅸ Ⅰ Introduction : The Power of Business ... 3 Ⅱ The Privileged Position of Business, 1960 to 1966 ... 16 Ⅲ The Rise of Consumerism, 1966 to 1969 ... 37 Ⅳ Business on the Defensive, 1969 to 1972 ... 59 Ⅴ The Public-Interest Movement ... 93 Ⅵ The Politics of Economic Stagnation, 1973 to 1976 ... 113 Ⅶ Business Turns the Tide, 1977 to 1980 ... 148 Ⅷ The Political Resurgence of Business ... 193 Ⅸ Business and the Reagan Administration, 1981 to 1988 ... 240 Ⅹ Conclusion ... 290 NOTES ... 301 INDEX ... 323