The Book Prize Index

Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn

Thomas K. McCraw

Four barons of regulation, the complex relationship between business and government, are profiled with insight toward their individual influence on their agencies. Analyzing these men as "independent social force[s]" questions the validity of personal regulatory failure versus institutional regulatory failure, and why regulation is still an active part of government today.

HistoryHistory · medium confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryOpen Library: Adams, charles francis, 1835-1915 -> BiographyOpen Library: Brandeis, louis dembitz, 1856-1941 -> BiographyLaw & Legal ChangePresidency & Executive PowerConstitutional History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1985WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Charles Francis Adams90%
    • Louis D. Brandeis90%
    • James M. Landis75%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book argues that analyzing the profiled men as independent social forces better explains regulation than focusing on whether regulatory failure is personal or institutional, and shows why regulation remains active in government.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    68 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.