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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458232303321

Autore

Peritz Rudolph J. R

Titolo

Competition policy in America [[electronic resource] ] : history, rhetoric, law / / Rudolph J.R. Peritz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-281-34685-3

9786611346850

0-19-803292-7

1-60256-852-9

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Disciplina

343.730721

343.73072109

Soggetti

Antitrust law - United States - History

Competition - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Public Debate About Competition Policy, 1888-1911: Free Competition and Freedom of Contract; 2. The Era of Cooperative Competition, 1911-1933: Trade and Labor Associations, Political Majorities, and Speech Rights; 3. The New Deal's Political Economy, 1933-1948: From Organic Body Politic to Unified Body Economic; 4. Competition, Pluralism, and the Problem of Persistent Oligarchy, 1948-1967; 5. Rhetorics of Free Competition, 1968-1980: Efficiency, Property Rights, and Equality

6. Rhetorics of Free Competition, 1980-1992: Free Market Imagery, Corporate Control, and the Problem of Equality Concluding Thoughts: On the Limits of Competition Policy; Afterword. The New Economy at Century's End: Market Access, Innovation, and Being Bill Gates; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Peritz analyses how free competition has signified both freedom from oppressive government and freedom from private economic power. Peritz shows how these two complex yet distinct and sometimes contradictory images have influenced government policy



and continue to inspire public debate over political economy in America.