Fluctuating Fortunes: The Political Power of Business in America

by David Vogel

The dynamics of business-government relations in the United States between 1960 and 1988.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

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David Vogel (born 1947) is the Soloman P. Lee Distinguished Professor in Business Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of both the Political Science Department and the Haas School of Business, and is Editor of the California Management Review. He was the Jean Monnet Chair, European University Institute, in 1994 and the BP Chair in Transatlantic Relations, there in 2000. At INSEAD he was the Novartis Professor of Management and the Environment in 2000-2001 and the Shell Fellowship in Business and the Environment in 2002.

Vogel has a BA in political science from Queens College City University of New York and a PhD in politics from Princeton University.

Reviews

[Manuel]

Very detailed history of the influence of business on government policies. Vogel explores the battle for government influence between the public-interest movement/organized labor and the business community. Business did not always reign in influencing government policies. Now I know why some scholars call the Nixon administration the last liberal administration in American political history...