...This chapter discusses the rise of Consumer Protection Acts (CPAs) and the changes it brought to both state and federal regulatory regimes. It presents an empirical perspective on the new era of consumer protection and the differences between consumer protection under state and federal law...

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...Chapter 3 explains why, far from interfering with free markets, consumer protection laws are an essential foundation to economic transactions and to economic liberty. Fraudulent, unfair, or deceptive practices undermine confidence in markets; they discourage participation in market transactions...