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Fascism And Monopoly, Daniel A. Crane
Fascism And Monopoly, Daniel A. Crane
Michigan Law Review
The recent revival of political interest in antitrust has resurfaced a longstanding debate about the role of industrial concentration and monopoly in enabling Hitler’s rise to power and the Third Reich’s wars of aggression. Proponents of stronger antitrust enforcement argue that monopolies and cartels brought the Nazis to power and warn that rising concentration in the American economy could similarly threaten democracy. Skeptics demur, observing that German big business largely opposed Hitler during the crucial years of his ascent. Drawing on business histories and archival material from the U.S. Office of Military Government’s Decartelization Branch, this Article assesses the historical …
Did We Avoid Historical Failures Of Antitrust Enforcement During The 2008-2009 Financial Crisis?, Daniel A. Crane
Did We Avoid Historical Failures Of Antitrust Enforcement During The 2008-2009 Financial Crisis?, Daniel A. Crane
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During both economic crises and wars, times of severe national anxiety, antitrust has taken a back seat to other political and regulatory objectives. Antitrust enforcement has often been a political luxury good, consumed only during periods of relative peace and prosperity. In 1890, the Sherman Act's adoption kicked off the era of national antitrust enforcement. Barely three years later, the panic of 1893 provided the first major test to the national appetite for antitrust enforcement. Perhaps 1893 should not be included in the story: antitrust was still young, and it was not even clear that the Sherman Act applied to …
A Brief History Of American Telecommunications Regulation, Tim Wu
A Brief History Of American Telecommunications Regulation, Tim Wu
Faculty Scholarship
While the history of governmental regulation of communication is at least as long as the history of censorship, the modern regulation of long-distance, or "tele," communications is relatively short and can be dated to the rise of the telegraph in the mid-19th century. The United States left the telegraph in private hands, unlike countries and as opposed to the U.S. postal system, and has done the same with most of the significant telecommunications facilities that have been developed since. The decision to allow private ownership of telecommunications infrastructure has led to a rather particularized regulation of these private owners of …
Professor Waller's Un-American Approach To Antitrust, Robert H. Lande
Professor Waller's Un-American Approach To Antitrust, Robert H. Lande
All Faculty Scholarship
Professor Waller asks an un-American question - what can the United States antitrust program learn from the rest of the world? This question is un-American because we in the United States rarely look to others for advice. Besides, we invented antitrust and we were practically alone in the world in enforcing antitrust for almost a century. Only during the current generation have many other nations had active and vigorous antitrust programs. Moreover, the United States is in the business of exporting our accumulated century of antitrust wisdom through a wide variety of methods, and we revel in playing this role. …
The Factional Foundations Of Competition Policy In America 1888-1992, James May
The Factional Foundations Of Competition Policy In America 1888-1992, James May
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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University Of Richmond Law Review
University Of Richmond Law Review
University of Richmond Law Review
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The Role Of The States In The First Century Of The Sherman Act And The Larger Picture Of Antitrust History, James May
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Antitrust In The Formative Era: Political And Economic Theory In Constitutional And Antitrust Analysis, 1880-1918, James May
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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A Framework For Evaluating The Antitrust Legacy Of The Reagan Administration, Robert H. Lande
A Framework For Evaluating The Antitrust Legacy Of The Reagan Administration, Robert H. Lande
All Faculty Scholarship
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Antitrust Practice And Procedure In The Formative Era: The Constitutional And Conceptual Reach Of State Antitrust Law, 1880-1918, James May
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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The End Of Antitrust—Or A New Beginning?, Joe Sims, Robert H. Lande
The End Of Antitrust—Or A New Beginning?, Joe Sims, Robert H. Lande
All Faculty Scholarship
Antitrust is in one of its periodic states of decline. Historically, it has rebounded from these valleys to rise to even higher peaks of enthusiastic public and political popularity. The first period of substantial antitrust activity began 15 years after the passage of the Sherman Act, and lasted into the 1920s. The Great Depression saw antitrust at its lowest, followed by Thurman Arnold's aggressive tenure, but World War II was hardly a period of great antitrust enthusiasm. The 1950 Celler-Kefauver amendment to section 7 began the golden age of antitrust, a period that lasted until the middle 1970s. So far, …
Canadian Merger Policy And Its International Implications, Eric K. Gressman
Canadian Merger Policy And Its International Implications, Eric K. Gressman
Michigan Journal of International Law
The implications of Canadian merger policy are of deep concern to U.S. and other foreign investors who have invested or are considering investing in Canada. U.S. interests own 60 percent of Canada's manufacturing industry. In 1978, approximately 250 mergers in Canada involved a foreign-owned or foreign-controlled buyer (usually U.S.). Therefore, it is not surprising that Canada's merger policy is no less important to the decisions of foreign investors in Canada than the Justice Department's policies are to domestic investors in the United States. At the same time, the Canadian government and public are concerned with their merger policy as a …
Product Identity And Branding Under The Robinson-Patman Act: Is The Ftcs Approach Consistent With Realities Of The Marketplace, Arthur D. Austin
Product Identity And Branding Under The Robinson-Patman Act: Is The Ftcs Approach Consistent With Realities Of The Marketplace, Arthur D. Austin
Villanova Law Review
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