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by Dominick T. Armentano

ISBN: 0471099317
ISBN13: 978-0471099314
Language: English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc; First Edition (US) First Printing edition (April 28, 1982)
Pages: 304
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Antitrust and Monopoly is the single best book-length treatment of this vital public policy issue in print, and it. .

Antitrust and Monopoly is the single best book-length treatment of this vital public policy issue in print, and it should become a, if not the standard work in economics, history, and political science. Antitrust and Monopoly should be on the reading list of every course in antitrust in law.

Armentano, Dominick T. Publication date. Includes bibliographical references and index. some content may be lost due to the binding of the book.

A good book has been made even better. All the major antitrust cases are carefully analyzed and thoroughly critiqued. But such competitive processes are ignored by the practitioners of antitrust

A good book has been made even better. The economic history of each case is given, along with the important court decisions. But such competitive processes are ignored by the practitioners of antitrust. On these grounds, it has been easy to convict firms which grew because consumers preferred their products.

Dominick T. Armentano is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Hartford. He has also written Antitrust: The Case for Repeal and The Myths of Antitrust: Economic Theory and Legal Cases. He wrote in the Preface, "My trenchant opposition. to traditional antitrust policy, has not mellowed over the years.

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Instead of protecting competition, this book asserts, antitrust law actually protects certain politically-favored competitors.

Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Instead of protecting competition, this book asserts, antitrust law actually protects certain politically-favored competitors. This is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand the limitations and problems of contemporary antitrust actions. Read on the Scribd mobile app.

Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure", New York: John Wiley and Sons. Ré-imprimé en 1990, New York: Holmes and Meier. Seconde édition en 1999, avec Yale Brozen, Independent Studies in Political Economy. 1994, Douglas H. Ginsburg, "Rationalizing Antitrust: A Rejoinder to Professor Armentano", In: Theodore P. Kovaleff, di. The Antitrust Impulse. Accédez d'un seul coup d’œil au portail des grands auteurs et penseurs du libéralisme.

In this book, Armentano presents a stellar case against antitrust. Using air-tight Austrian theory, he first refutes common fallacies inherent in the relevant aspects of today's popular economic theory. Afterwards, he goes through the history of antitrust prosecution, dispelling myth after myth. As a whole, this book proves without a doubt that antitrust is, and has always been, a dangerous and unnecessary set of laws.

Dominick T. Dr. Armentano presents a solid case of how a well intentioned law intending to protect the consumer actually ends up with the opposite effect. A private firm in a free market, ie one that has no government sanctioned barriers to entry, can only maintain a degree of monopoly power by being efficient and charging such a low price for its' product that potential competitors cannot profitably compete. That situation would benefit the consumer, yet according to Anti Trust laws such a firm would be subject to being broken up.

1Dominick T. Armentano, Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure, 2nd e. This market failure can occur whenever private business organizations gain monopoly power, the power to restrict production and raise market price. Armentano, Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure, 2nd ed. (Oakland, Calif. Independent Institute, 1990). Such firms can produce less and charge more, and they general-ly have higher costs than comparably competitive business organizations. A law that prohibits free-market monopo-lization would appear to promote increased outputs, lower costs, and lower prices for consumers.

The stated purpose of antitrust laws is to protect competition and the public interest. But do such laws actually restrict the competitive process, harming consumers and serving the special interests of a few politically-connected competitors? Is antitrust law a necessary defence against the predatory business practices of wealthy, entrenched corporations that dominate a market? Or does antitrust law actually work to restrain and restrict the competitive process, injuring the public it is supposed to protect? In this breakthrough study, professor Armentano thoroughly researches the classic cases in antitrust law and demonstrates a surprising gap between the stated aims of antitrust law and what it actually accomplishes in the real world. Instead of protecting competition, professor Armentano finds, antitrust law actually protects certain politically-favoured competitors. This is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand the limitations and problems of contemporary antitrust actions.
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Rageseeker
This is a must read for anyone interested in political/economic issues.
Dr. Armentano presents a solid case of how a well intentioned law intending to protect the consumer actually ends up with the opposite effect.
A private firm in a free market, ie one that has no government sanctioned barriers to entry, can only maintain a degree of monopoly power by being efficient and charging such a low price for its' product that potential competitors cannot profitably compete. That situation would benefit the consumer, yet according to Anti Trust laws such a firm would be subject to being broken up. Meanwhile firms in regulated industries reap monopoly profits due artificial barriers to entry instituted by the government regulatory agency. Firms in regulated industries are not subject to Antitrust laws.

After reading this book one can apply its' logic to see the real reasons behind the recent Epi pen scandal. The marketer of the Epi pen had no competition because the FDA would not allow other firms to enter the market. Meanwhile the politicians and press are strangely silent in diagnosing the problem in this case.
The fault lies totally with the FDA which is working in conjunction with Mylan to create an government sanctioned monopoly in which the FDA creates barriers to entry into the market which allows the firm to exploit the consumer. The FDA and other regulatory agencies often behave in this manner, all under the guise of "protecting the consumer" when in reality they are having the exact opposite effect.

Xurad
Government privilege is the soul author the damaging practice of monopoly. Private monopolies are formed temporarily from cutting prices and improving service. Private monopolies cannot last long otherwise because there is an invulnerable difference between no competition and no possibility of competition. This is the standard work in opposition to these government privilege rent-seeking laws of "anti-trust".

Hulore
First, I will provide context of my reading level. As an armchair intellectual, I enjoy reading books on economic philosophy for pleasure. I have read several books by Milton Friedman (i.e., Free to Choose, Capitalism and Freedom, Money Mischief) a few Mark Skousen Books (e.g., the Big Three in Economics, Vienna and Chicago: Friends or Foes?), a few Thomas Sowell books (e.g., On Classical Economics, Marxism: Philosophy and Economics), Henry Hazlitt's book Economics in One Lesson, Brian Simpson's Markets Do Not Fail!, the collection of essays on the Austrian Trade Cycle and many more. However, despite my established interests, I found this book to be informative but very boring and a chore to read.

However, my criticism of the enjoyability of the book does not extend to the value of the author's scholarship. Armentano makes a compelling case that anti-trust laws are arbitrary, are unjust, do not lead their intended results and *never* were moral or practical. The last point is especially important since many anti-trust critics still concede that it was worth busting trusts such as Standard Oil back in the day. In addition to moral and economics arguments, Armentano presents a extensive history of anti-trust cases as he analyzes over 30 cases up until the time of this books publication (late 1970s).

For the reasons stated above, I recommend this book as a reference but I do not recommend it for recreational reading for laymen.

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At the time this 2nd edition was published in 1990, Dominick Armentano was a professor of economics at the University of Hartford. He has also written Antitrust: The Case for Repeal and The Myths of Antitrust: Economic Theory and Legal Cases. He wrote in the Preface, "My trenchant opposition ... to traditional antitrust policy, has not mellowed over the years. I have become even more convinced that the theory and practice of antitrust is fundamentally flawed, and that all of the antitrust laws ought to be promptly repealed."

He argues that Ida Tarbell's famous The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version has "been laid theoretically and empirically prostrate." (Pg. 63) He later suggests that "While the pricing philosophy of the U.S. Steel Corporation may have encouraged price stability in the industry... there is little reason to conclude that any steel prices were 'fixed'..." (Pg. 100) He suggests, "since firms don't trust one another in open competition, it is difficult to understand whey they would suddenly trust one another during periods of collusion." (Pg. 136)

Concerning electrical equipment manufacturers in the 1950s, he concedes, "If an agreement to fix prices constitutes illegal price-fixing, then the electrical manufacturers were certainly guilty of price-fixing... (and) these meetings were a clear violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. But ... the important questions are ... economic. Did the conspiracy, in fact, 'raise, fix and maintain' unreasonable prices...?" (Pg. 148)

He concludes that the antitrust system has worked "to lessen business competition and lessen the efficiency and productivity associated with the free-market process..." (Pg. 271) He argues that "The sole source of monopoly power ... is the state... that has been employed by private firms to private advantage and to the detriment of society." (Pg. 277-278)

This book will be of considerable interest to conservative and other free market supporters looking for a detailed examination of these topics.

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