Why Flying Is Miserable

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And How to Fix It

By Ganesh Sitaraman

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Why Flying Is Miserable by Ganesh Sitaraman explores the persistent problems of air travel — from delays and cancellations to cramped seats and poor service. The book traces these issues to the 1970s deregulation policies initiated in Washington, which dismantled New Deal regulations, promoting unrestrained capitalism and competition. As a result, the airline industry became an oligopoly dominated by a few large carriers reliant on taxpayer bailouts yet still failing to provide satisfactory service. Sitaraman argues that miserable flying reflects broader economic failures but offers insight into how these industries can be reformed.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in education, public policy, economics, and anyone curious about the systemic causes of frustrating air travel experiences. It suits those seeking a critical understanding of deregulation and its wider economic impact.

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Why are the airlines always in a crisis?

Everyone has a horror story about air travel - cancellations, delays, lost baggage, tiny seats, poor service. In this day and age, there is no reason that flying should be this bad. In Why Flying Is Miserable, Ganesh Sitaraman, a law professor and policy expert, explains how this happened: It was a conscious choice made by Washington in the 1970s to roll back many forms of regulation that began during the New Deal, in the name of unimpeded capitalism and more competition. Today, the industry is an oligopoly, with only four too-big-to-fail airlines that have received billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts and still can't offer reliable service.

Miserable air travel is the perfect symbol of the type of unregulated capitalism that America has unleashed. But there are ways to fix airlines - and, by extension, many other sectors of industry - because, after a half-century run, people are sick and tired of the turbulence that deregulation has brought to our economy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798987053584

Publisher: Columbia Global Reports

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia Global Reports

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 191.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 172

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Business & Entrepreneurship Education & Reference Ganesh Sitaraman Non-Fiction

About the Author

Ganesh Sitaraman is a law professor and the director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation. He is the author of several books, including The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution and The Great Democracy. Sitaraman is a member of the FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. He was previously a senior advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren on her presidential campaign. He lives in Nashville, TN.