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On the communicators, the impact of that decision 30 years later on telecommunications. Joining us in a round table discussion is professor roger noll of stanford, as well as professor Jerry Hausman of mit. Both of these gentlemen were involved at various levels in the breakup or the decision to break up at t. Joining us here in our washington studio is Paul Barbagallo of bloomberg. Professor noll, first of all, what was your role or activity during the breakup of at t, and what led to that decision . Guest well, the roots of the antitrust case were in a president ial task force that was formed during the Johnson Administration in the late 1960s called the Telecommunications Policy task force. It had concluded that the telecommunications industry, at least the part of it that was in the federal jurisdiction, could be competitive and made recommendations both to the mainly to the federal Communications Commission about how to cause that to happen. Then when the Nixon Administration came
Host what led to that decision. Guest well, it was during the Johnson Administration in the late 1960s. It was part of the Telecommunications Task force. It had concluded that the Telecommunications Industry could be competitive. And they have made recommendations mainly to the federal Communications Commission on how to make that happen. Then when Nixon Administration came along, the staff in the antitrust division, after watching for a couple of years, decided to pursue antitrust rather than sec regulation as the means to introduce the competition. My role that i was on both the Telecommunications Task force and i was one of the outside economists advising the department of justice when the case was being shaped. Host professor houseman . Guest i didnt come in until 1982 and thereafter when the antitrust division decided to review, about three years later, there was a report that was done. I was an advisor to the government on the reports. I was involved thereafter in the various cha
Pacific. It was in 1982 that judge Harold Greene issued a decision which led to the breakup of the at t corp. That is our topic this week on the communicators, the impact of that decision 30 years later on the telecommunications. Joining us is professor roger noll of stanford, as well as professor Jerry Hausman of mit, both of whom were involved at various levels in the breakup or the decision to break up at t. Joining us in the washington studio is paul. Professor noll, first of all, what with your activity during the breakup of at t and what led to that decision . The antitrust case was formed during the Johnson Administration the late 1960s and a president ial task force called the Telecommunications Policy task force. It concluded the telecommunications industry, the part in federal jurisdiction, should be competitive and made recommendations both mainly to the fcc about how to cause that to happen. Then when the knicks and the administration can along, the holdover staff of the an