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by Robert H. Bork

ISBN: 0465003699
Author: Robert H. Bork
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books; First Edition edition (April 20, 1978)
Pages: 462
Category: Politics & Government
Subcategory: Politics
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The Antitrust Paradox is a 1978 book by Robert Bork that criticized the state of United States antitrust law in the 1970s. It is claimed that the work is the.

The Antitrust Paradox is a 1978 book by Robert Bork that criticized the state of United States antitrust law in the 1970s. It is claimed that the work is the most cited book on antitrust.

Bork wrote several notable books, including The Antitrust Paradox and Slouching Towards Gomorrah. From 1973 to 1977, he served as Solicitor General under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford, arguing several cases before the Supreme Court. At Yale he was best known for writing The Antitrust Paradox, a book in which he argued that consumers often benefited from corporate mergers, and that many then-current readings of the antitrust laws were economically irrational and hurt consumers.

Robert Bork belongs in this pantheon of parents of the new Gilded Age. Although Senate Democrats led by Joe . Bork did believe in one antitrust prohibition. He argued that collusion among rivals should be aggressively prosecuted

Robert Bork belongs in this pantheon of parents of the new Gilded Age. Although Senate Democrats led by Joe Biden famously denied him an appointment to the Supreme Court in 1987, the late Bork, in his positions as a law professor and a judge, played a critical role in recreating the antitrust law of the original Gilded Ag. He argued that collusion among rivals should be aggressively prosecuted. His conception of collusion swept broadly and did not differentiate, for example, between pharmaceutical companies conspiring to raise prices on prescription drugs and public defenders banding together to obtain a living wage.

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In his highly influential work, The Antitrust Paradox, Robert Bork asserted that the sole normative objective of antitrust should be to maximize consumer welfare, best pursued through promoting economic efficiency. 37 Although Bork used consumer welfare to mean allocative efficiency, 38 courts and antitrust authorities have largely measured it through effects on consumer prices. In 1979, the Supreme Court followed Bork’s work and declared that Congress designed the Sherman Act as a ‘consumer welfare prescription’ 39-a statement that is widely viewed as erroneous.

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The Antitrust Paradox : A Policy at War with Itself. By (author) Robert H. Bork. Close X. Learn about new offers and get more deals by joining our newsletter.

Published 40 years ago, Bork's book on antitrust law fundamentally changed America's economy for the worse. 12:43 pm. Daniel Kishi. Less than one hour after Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the United States Supreme Court in 1987, Senator Ted Kennedy took the Senate floor and voiced his dissent. The opposition, swift and fierce, was no surprise.

New York, Basic Books, 1978. The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself. New York, Basic Books, 1978.

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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Malogamand

One of the most important books on antitrust law in the Twentieth Century. A catalyst for a major revolution in antitrust thinking and approach that was truly fundamental. Consumer welfare then began to to be the leading principle, trumping the former "big is bad", simplistic analysis that had plagued antitrust law too often.

Zadora

Bork sets, in an amazing and clear way, the complicationts antitrust policy deal with. And despite the book was written decades ago, the issues Bork states are still unsolved. Definitely, a classical anti trust book.

Ese

This book is an eye opener on Antitrust and the gov't abuse of it and the court's misunderstanding of economics and the intent of the law.

Rgia

Good price and excellent product. Matched advertisement. Why do I need any more words? Why is this not all OK?

Ironrunner

In the Antitrust Paradox, Judge Robert H. Bork gives a fascinating, though demanding, review of the most important antitrust issues in the United States. The central, pragmatic thesis of Bork is maximization of consumer welfare (also called economic efficiency) and not the protection of small businesses in addressing any antitrust issue. Unfortunately, the legislative, executive and judiciary branches of power as well as the practicing bar have not always shown consistency in making, interpreting, and applying antitrust rules. The main reason for their shared sub-optimal performance in that area is the too-often absence of a rudimentary understanding of market economics according to Bork. As a practicing marketer and lawyer, I agree with his observation. Law and economics are two complementary disciplines that should be taught together as part of the academic requirements or at least whose teaching could be made optional at the undergraduate level in our universities.

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The Antitrust Paradox is the most important book on antitrust ever written. It is a scholarly, yet accessible, examination of the nation's antitrust laws, the history and policies behind them, and their application from their inception to today. Through the book and the policies advanced in it, Judge Bork has had a profound impact on antitrust scholarship and practice. As a result, the book is essential reading for antitrust practitioners, scholars, and those having any interest in the subject. Truly a seminal work.

Cha

When you read this book, keep in mind Bork sold out to the populist critics of Microsoft for a fee, and repudiated this book. Which proves that economic theory is great at the macro level, but, at the micro level, game theory beats out.
This is why gains for many are cancelled out by gains for a few that are willing to lobby government (or serve as expensive consultants to their paymasters, as in the case of Bork)
And why economics is but an extension of politics, and, at the end of the day, even inefficient economics can propigate for years, decades, centuries and even millinieums (India, China).

Bork's argument is that the regulation of monopoly power by Antitrust Laws is the same as abridging free speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution. Nonsense. It deserves ZERO stars.