Beyond Wars and Cartels Competition Law and the Reconstruction of Europe

1. The Puzzle of Postwar Peace and Prosperity  2. Coal, Cartels, and Conflict  3. The European Coal and Steel Community  4. Rebuilding Germany  5. Protecting Gains from Trade  6. The Limits of Competition Law

Biography

Thomas F. Remington is Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University and Goodrich C. White Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at Emory University.  He is author of a number of books and articles. Among his books are The Returns to Power: A Political Theory of Economic Inequality (2023); Presidential Decrees in Russia: A Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2014); and The Politics of Inequality in Russia (2011). His research concerns the political sources of economic inequality in the United States, Russia, China and Germany, as well as issues related to education, skill formation, and workforce development.

'Beyond Wars and Cartels is a penetrating analysis of cooperation in the development of European economic institutions. It focuses on cooperation relating to competition law, but its insights apply far more broadly. Prof. Remington recounts and deftly analyzes the obstacles to economic cooperation in Europe in the decades after the Second World War and the ways in which Europeans mobilized intellectual and political tools to overcome them. His insights into the dynamics of European cooperation are important not only for understanding European competition law, but also for grasping the dynamics of collaboration in the face of extreme challenges. The fragility of world order today presents similar obstacles, and this book can be of much value to those who wish to confront them - whether in Europe or elsewhere. I highly recommend Beyond Wars and Cartels. It shows that there are ways of moving beyond wars and cartels.'

David J. Gerber, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Professor of Law Emeritus, Co-Director of the Program in International and Comparative Law Emeritus, Chicago-Kent College of Law

'Why did peace last in Europe after World War II but not after World War I?  Thomas Remington addresses this important question in Beyond Wars and Cartels, one of the most impressively written and researched books I have read in the last decade.  In a careful and sophisticated argument, Remington makes the case for importance of changes in competition law and the restructuring of European heavy industry. His analysis reveals the importance that leaders placed on addressing fundamental legal issues of resource allocation and economic development, in what ultimately proved to be a remarkable insight, creating the basis for decades of European political stability and societal flourishing. A true scholarly achievement!'

Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University