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Abolition of Antitrust 1st Edition

by Gary Hull (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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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 football's use of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Gary Hull and the contributing authors show that these cases-as well as the Sherman Antitrust Act itself-are based on an erroneous interpretation of the history of American business, premised on bad economics. They equivocate between economic and political power-the power to produce versus the power to use physical force. For Hull, antitrust prosecutions are based on a horrible moral inversion: that it is acceptable to sacrifi ce America's best producers. The contributors explain how key antitrust ideas, for instance, "monopoly," "restraint of trade," and "anticompetitive behavior," have been used to justify prosecution, and then make clear why those ideas are false. They sketch the historical, legal, economic, and moral reasoning that gave rise to the passage and growth of antitrust legislation. All of the theoretical points in this volume are woven around a number of fascinating cases, both historical and current-including the Charles River Bridge, Alcoa, General Electric, and Kellogg/General Mills. Designed for the uninformed but educated layman, The Abolition of Antitrust makes positive arguments in defense of wealth creation, business, and profi t, explains the proper role of government, and offers a rational view of the meaning of contract and economic freedom. AldineTransaction www.transactionpub.com ISBN: 978-1-4128-0502-5 Library of Congress: 2004058124 Printed in the U.S.A. Cover design by Ellen F. Kane "The essays in this book present a sustained economic, historical, moral, and legal broadside against the various federal statutes known as antitrust doctrine. They explode the cherished myths underlying the antitrust laws, and expose their intellectual fountainhead in a morality of self-sacrifice that is incompatible with individual rights, free enterprise, and objective law. With the publication of this text, businessmen, lawyers, economists, policymakers,legislators, and judges finally have access to a systemic critique of the antitrust laws. From here on, if antitrust continues to violate the rights of businessmen and to ravage the American economy, it is not for lack of knowing how and why."-Adam Mossoff, assistant professor of law, Michigan State University College of Law.
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    1412805023
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    978-1412805025
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publication date
    June 30, 2005
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.43 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    188 pages
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"The essays in this book present a sustained economic, historical, moral, and legal broadside against the various federal statutes known as antitrust doctrine. They explode the cherished myths underlying the antitrust laws, and expose their intellectual fountainhead in a morality of self-sacrifice that is incompatible with individual rights, free enterprise, and objective law. With the publication of this text, businessmen, lawyers, economists, policy makers, legislators, and judges finally have access to a systemic critique of the antitrust laws. From here on, if antitrust continues to violate the rights of businessmen and to ravage the American economy, it is not for lack of knowing how and why."



—Adam Mossoff, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University

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Gary Hull

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (June 30, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 188 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1412805023
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412805025
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.43 x 9 inches
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    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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David Kopec
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Argument with a Lack of Supporting Data
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2019
The Abolition of Antitrust is a collection of essays that will make you think—in places by turning your traditional concept of ethics on its head, and in others by applying logical and philosophical arguments against regulation regimes that we take for granted. However, the selected essays can be a little repetitive and often fail to offer an important counterpoint by presenting their opponents' arguments in the best light. The essays ask one fundamental question: "Why should businesses who are successful be punished for their success, if they didn't employ force to achieve it?"

Their answer, that they shouldn't, would be more compelling if the authors presented strong economic analysis and empirical evidence. When looking at a market that has been trust-busted are consumers better off? Or are they worse off as the book implies. I'd like to see some data. In fact I'd like to see a lot of data to be convinced. Instead, we get a lot of fairly strong philosophical arguments, but ultimately just that—philosophy, rather than real world data.

Ultimately, I did not walk away from the book convinced that all anti-trust is a bad thing. I did walk away convinced that perhaps anti-trust laws have too broad a scope and are applied too vigorously. But when you read a book with an extreme premise, it's a success in its persuasion if it takes your opinion from mainstream to somewhere between mainstream and its eccentricity.
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Russell W. Shurts
5.0 out of 5 stars Why Your Government is Corrupt
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2005
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Just as a person cannot engage in immoral acts indefinitely without damaging his life, a government cannot continuously engage in immoral acts for over 100 years without becoming increasingly corrupt. If you want to understand why the men and women who run your government more resemble carnival hustlers than statesmen, read this book. In it Gary Hull and 6 other intellectuals ranging from economists to historians to philosophers examine and describe how the United States government starting in the 1880's changed from the protector of the individual rights of its citizens, it's only legitimate function, to the destroyer of those rights. For anyone interested in rational understanding Dr. Hull et al provide rock solid arguments for how and why Anti-Trust legislation came into being, why it was wrong to begin with, why it is so destructive and most importantly why it is so unjust.
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noman
1.0 out of 5 stars pssst . . .want to buy a bridge in Brooklyn?
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2005
Where to start? If you're a "true believer" in Ayn Rand, this is the book for you. The thing than Randists seem not to grasp is that, big business is just like big government or big religion. ANY large organization exists for itself. There is no intrinsic virtue in capitalism, just as there is no intrinsic virtue in government. Mr. Hull seems not to have ever heard of the Robber Barons of the 19th Century or some of the more recent episodes such as Archer Daniels Midland or WorldCom.

The point is *not* that capitalism is evil, but that it’s not good either. It (like government or religion) can be either, or both, depending of where the observer stands in relation to the event. y all means, check this book out of the library, but also look at history, even recent history. Unrestrained, business is perfectly happy to use child slave labor or to dump tons of toxins in people back yards. *Not* because business/capitalism is evil, but because is simply doesn’t care. A corporation has no morality, any more than a government bureaucracy has any morality. Both simply follow policy, whatever that policy is.
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Jim Brown, CFA
3.0 out of 5 stars Generally good with one big flaw
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2008
This is generally an excellent summary of the cogent arguments against antitrust laws. As such, it should have a prominent place on the bookshelf of every advocate of free markets.

However, the third chapter, contributed by Richard Salsman, is flawed and should be read carefully and critically. First, Mr. Salsman incorrectly identifies "profits" and "production" as one and the same. In fact, although the two are related, and both are important to the operation of the free market, their relationship is not that of an "identity." Second, Mr. Salsman, in a mere footnote, dismisses the theory of profits propounded by George Reisman, Professor Emeritus at Pepperdine and author of the comprehensive work "Capitalism," as an inconsequential effort. Readers should read Reisman's work for themselves before taking Salsman's criticisms seriously.
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