The Political Economy of the Sherman ACT: The First One Hundred Years

by E. Thomas Sullivan

Book Overview

This book examines the legislative history and the political economy of the Sherman Antitrust Act--the main federal statute that regulates economic activity in the United States. Tracing the evolution of the antitrust movement in the United States since 1890, this collection of essays examines the role of government in regulating markets, and the balance it and its critics seek between the goal of limited government and the protection of free, open...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195066421
• ISBN13: 9780195066425
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"