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April 1, 1979Southern Economic Journal830 citations

The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself

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WCW H CollinsRBRobert H. Bork

Key Points

  • Examine how antitrust lawsuits negatively affect consumers by protecting inefficient businesses.
  • Analyzes the implications of antitrust law on market competition
  • Explores the relationship between antitrust policy and societal values like liberty and equality
  • Antitrust suits drive up costs for consumers by protecting uncompetitive small businesses
  • The tension between liberty and equality reflects broader societal movements as illustrated by antitrust laws

Abstract

Shows how antitrust suits adversely affect the consumer by encouraging a costly form of protection for inefficient and uncompetitive small businesses. Bork sees antitrust law as a microcosm which reflects the larger movements of our society, such as the tension between liberty and equality.

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Collins et al. (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06cf37964d5135c0d3d0e8https://doi.org/10.2307/1056981
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