Political Capitalism: A Tetralogy
Book 1 Capitalism at Work: Business, Government, and Energy
Book 2 Edison to Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies
Book 3 Enron Ascending: The Forgotten Years, 1984–1996
Book 4 Contra-Capitalism: Enron and the Post-Enron World (Forthcoming in 2020)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Bradley, Robert L., 1955- author.
Title: Enron ascending : the forgotten years, 1984-1996 / Robert L. Bradley Jr.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002976 (print) | LCCN 2018010698 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119494201 (epub) | ISBN 9781119494232 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119493709 (oBook) | ISBN 9781118549575 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119556169 (dust jacket)
Subjects: LCSH: Enron Corp–History. | Energy industries–United States–History.
Classification: LCC HD9502.U54 (ebook) | LCC HD9502.U54 E5727 2018 (print) | DDC 333.790973–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018002976
In Memory of Two Mentors
Murray N. Rothbard
Donald C. Lavoie
“We still have much to learn about and learn from Enron’s remarkable history to understand its meaning for twenty-first-century American capitalism.”
—Malcolm S. Salter, emeritus professor, Harvard Business School;
author of Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron’s Collapse.