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social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > regulations > Interstate Commerce Commission

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Interstate Commerce Commission  

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  • now defunct (1995) independent federal agency, created in 1887, that regulated the economics and services of companies and carriers that engaged in transportation between states, such as railroads, truckers, bus lines, pipelines, freight forwarders, water carriers, and others; with deregulation and the transfer of its functions to other agencies such as the Department of Transportation, the commission was folded. First regulatory agency in U.S. [Source: Dictionary of Marketing Communications; Interstate Commerce Commission]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KM1CXBTM-Z

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