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Essay on Alfred E. Kahn
Kahn, the Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Cornell University and a Special Consultant to NERA Economic Consulting, is considered the “father” of airline deregulation, reforms that led to lower airfare, among other changes in the airline industry. Kahn presided over airline deregulation as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, a position to which he was appointed by President Carter a year before the United States Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. He served as an economic advisor to President Carter, Chairman of the New York Public Service Commission and Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability. Kahn is the author of many publications including The Economics of Regulation, the first comprehensive integration of the economic theory and institutional practice of economic regulation and Whom the Gods Would Destroy, or How Not to Deregulate. Professor Kahn received his Bachelor's (summa cum laude) and Master's degrees from New York University and a Doctorate in Economics from Yale University. Following service in the Army, he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at Ripon College, Wisconsin.
He moved to Cornell University, where he served as Chairman of the Department of Economics, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University and as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He has received L.L.D. honorary degrees from Colby College, Ripon College, Northwestern University, the University of Massachusetts and an honorary D.H.L. from the State University of New York, Albany. He has also received numerous awards for his work in economics, regulation and deregulation. Kahn is the father of Rachel Kahn Fogel, wife of UVM President Daniel Mark Fogel. http://www.uvm.edu/~presdent/DLS/kahn.html
Alfred E. Kahn, engineered airline deregulation under the Carter administration, said he would not be opposed to government ceilings on air fares if "predatory pricing" continues to worsen and other solutions fail....
