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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784553403321

Autore

Peritz Rudolph J. R.

Titolo

Competition policy in America, 1888-1992 : history, rhetoric, law / / Rudolph J. R. Peritz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-19-771868-X

1-280-44154-2

0-19-536066-4

1-60129-873-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

343.73/0721

Soggetti

Antitrust law - United States - History

Competition - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-364) 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; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, 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.