1st Edition

The Abolition of Antitrust

By Nathan Edmonson, Gary Hull Copyright 2005
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

The Abolition of Antitrust asserts that antitrust laws--on economic, legal, and moral grounds--are bad, and provides convincing evidence supporting arguments for their total abolition. Every year, new antitrust prosecutions arise in the U.S. courts, as in the cases against 3M and Visa/MasterCard, as well as a number of ongoing antitrust cases, such as those involving Microsoft and college... Read more

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: The Economics of Antitrust
1. Barriers to Entry
Dominick T. Armentano
2. The Philosophic Origins of Antitrust
John Ridpath
3. The False Profi ts of Antitrust
Richard M. Salsman

Part Two: The Legal History of Antitrust
4. Reversing Course:
American Attitudes about Monopolies, 1607-1890
Eric Daniels
5. Antitrust: The War Against Contract
Thomas A. Bowden

Part Three: The Morality of Antitrust
6. Antitrust: "Free Competition" at Gunpoint
Harry Binswanger
7. Antitrust is Immoral
Gary Hull

Appendix: Major Antitrust Legislation
Notes on Contributors
Index

Biography

Nathan Edmonson, Gary Hull