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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825735703321

Titolo

The political economy of the Sherman Act : the first one hundred years / / edited by E. Thomas Sullivan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-772021-8

1-280-52534-7

0-19-536206-3

1-60129-792-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

347.303721

Soggetti

Antitrust law - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p309-321. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?; The Origin of the Sherman Act; Legislative Intent and the Policy of the Sherman Act; Wealth Transfers as the Original and Primary Concern of Antitrust: The Efficiency Interpretation Challenged; The Sherman Act and the Balance of Power; The ""Rule of Reason"" in Antitrust Law: Property Logic in Restraint of Competition; The Sherman Act and the Classical Theory of Competition; Antitrust Policy: An Economic and Legal Analysis; The Chicago School of Antitrust Analysis

An Antitrust Enforcement Policy to Maximize the Economic Wealth of All ConsumersLegal Reasoning, Antitrust Policy, and the Social ""Science"" of Economics; Antitrust, Law and Economics, and the Courts; The Modernization of Antitrust: A New Equilibrium; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Sherman Antitrust Law, this volume examines the rich legislative history and political economy of the Act and the current debates which surround it.