The End Is Nigh: USPS Monopoly No Longer Viable
A study on USPS’s 2018 finances by the R Street Institute convincingly argues that the agency faces a “fundamental business challenge” that jeopardizes its viability as a self-funding entity.
Yet the R Street Institute shows that mail volume has continued to decline after the economic rebound, since “there were more than 30 percent fewer mail pieces [in 2017] than there [were] a decade ago.”
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