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Competition Policy And The Great Depression: Lessons Learned And A New Way Forward, Alan J. Meese Jan 2013

Competition Policy And The Great Depression: Lessons Learned And A New Way Forward, Alan J. Meese

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The recent Great Recession has shaken the nation’s faith in free markets and inspired various forms of actual or proposed regulatory intervention displacing free competition. Proponents of such intervention often claim that such interference with free-market outcomes will help foster economic recovery and thus macroeconomic stability by, for instance, enhancing the “purchasing power” of workers or reducing consumer prices. Such arguments for increased economic centralization echo those made during the Great Depression, when proponents of regulatory intervention claimed that such interference with economic liberty and free competition, including suspension of the antitrust laws, was necessary to foster economic recovery. Indeed, …


Antitrust And Employer Restraints In Labor Markets, Robert H. Jerry Ii Jan 1984

Antitrust And Employer Restraints In Labor Markets, Robert H. Jerry Ii

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This Article argues that the Sherman Act regulates concerted employer activity in the labor market only if such activity restrains or attempts to restrain the product market. After discussing the legislative history of the Act, the Article examines and synthesizes two conflicting lines of cases. Finally, the Article suggests how courts should dispose of challenges to employer conduct and posits the basis for a unified theory of labor-antitrust law.


Labor Unions In The Boardroom: An Antitrust Dilemma, Davison M. Douglas Jan 1982

Labor Unions In The Boardroom: An Antitrust Dilemma, Davison M. Douglas

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