How History Informs Practice Understanding the Development of Modern U. S. Competition Policy

By Muris, Timothy J.

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Title:	How History Informs Practice Understanding the Development of Modern U. S. Competition Policy
Author:	Muris, Timothy J.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Trade, Import and export controls, Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection, Federal Trade Commission
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Introduction: Many of us practice antitrust law for reasons beyond economic need. We may have become attorneys to earn a living, but that does not explain why we chose antitrust over other specialties. Let me suggest a motivation. Antitrust beckons the social scientist in all of us. Perhaps most clearly, antitrust appeals to the professionally trained or self-taught economist. More than any other area of law, antitrust draws upon economics to inform doctrine and enforcement policy. As you might imagine, antitrust?s special integration of economics and law fascinates me. It did not take many hours, some thirty years ago, of watching Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, Jim Liebeler, and other members of the UCLA faculty explore the economic dimension of antitrust cases to know I was hooked.