Role of Giant Corporations: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session [-Ninety-second Congress, Second Session], on the Role of Giant Corporations in the American and World Economies, Volume 3, Part 2

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Considers economic concentration within the U.S. automobile industry and its impact on consumers, competition, and technological progress, and its response to Government regulations.

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