Airline competition debate ignores absence of profits, economist says
The Washington debate over major airlines driving smaller carriers out of business and collecting fat profits at fortress hubs "ignores the remarkable absence of profits in recent history," observes Robert Gordon, Northwestern University economics professor. "Between 1982 and 1997, the 10 major U.S...
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