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The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution
Herbert Hovenkamp
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Paperback. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily than principles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: LNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
After thirty years, the debate over antitrust's ideology has quieted. Most now agree that the protection of consumer welfare should be the only goal of antitrust laws. Execution, however, is another matter. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily than principles. At bottom, antitrust is a defensible enterprise only if it can make the microeconomy work better, after accounting for the considerable costs of operating the system. The Antitrust Enterprise is the first authoritative and ... Read more
After thirty years, the debate over antitrust's ideology has quieted. Most now agree that the protection of consumer welfare should be the only goal of antitrust laws. Execution, however, is another matter. The rules of antitrust remain unfocused, insufficiently precise, and excessively complex. The problem of poorly designed rules is severe, because in the short run rules weigh much more heavily than principles. At bottom, antitrust is a defensible enterprise only if it can make the microeconomy work better, after accounting for the considerable costs of operating the system. The Antitrust Enterprise is the first authoritative and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674027411
SKU
V9780674027411
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About Herbert Hovenkamp
Herbert Hovenkamp is Ben V. and Dorothy Willie Professor of Law and History, University of Iowa College of Law.
Reviews for The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution
Hovenkamp defends the antitrust status quo in accessible and wonderfully jargon-free prose. The book succeeds in offering profound insights for antitrust specialists while remaining accessible to lay readers... Regardless of where the law heads next, The Antitrust Enterprise is valuable simply on its own terms - as a compact and authoritative exposition of U. S. antitrust law. It is most ... Read more