Antitrust Paradox [Paperback]

Robert H. Bork (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0029044561 | ISBN-13: 978-0029044568 | Publication Date: January 31, 1993

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... A FAVORABLE JUNCTURE. 57 red, was preparing to join the colony; and it introd. was estimated by Jean de Léry, that ten thou- 1562. sand French Protestants would soon have crossed the ocean to Brazil.1 The baseness of one man had ruined the scheme which promised so much for France and for America. But there were others in the Protestant ranks, tried and trusted leaders, who stood ready fora second venture, upon Coligny's bidding; and the harbors of Bretagne and Normandy swarmed with men as ready to follow. The times also, if not brighter, were more opportune. The Huguenots, as they now began to be called, had become a recognized power in the land; with two princes of the blood--Antoine, king of Navarre, and his brother, Louis, prince of Condé--at their head. There was a lull in the storm of persecution. Nearly thirty-seven years had passed since Jean Leclerc, the first conpicuous martyr of the Reformation in France, 1 " Car quoy qu' aucuns disent, veu le peu de temps que ces choses ont duré, & que n'y estoit à present non plus de nouvelle de vraye Religion que de nom de François pour y habiter, qu'on n'en doit faire estime: nonobstant telles allegations, ce que j'ay dit ne laisse pas de demeurer tousiours tellement vray, que tout ainsi que l'Evangile du fils de Dieu a esté de nos jours annoncé en ceste quarte partie du monde dite Amerique, aussi est-il très certain si l' affaire eust esté aussi bien poursuivi qu'il avoit esté heureusement commencé, que l' un & l' autre Regne spirituel & temporel, y avoyent si bien prins pied de nostre temps, que plus de dix mille personnes de la nation Francoise y seroient maintenant en aussi plein & seure possession pour nostre Roy, que les Espagnols y sont au nom de leurs."...

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 479 pages
• Publisher: Free Press (January 31, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0029044561
• ISBN-13: 978-0029044568
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading., June 13, 2000

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T. A. Prisco (Washington D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antitrust Paradox (Paperback)

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.

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Antitrust or Maximization of Consumer Welfare, October 9, 2001

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Serge J. Van Steenkiste (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antitrust Paradox (Paperback)

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.

13 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Polemic, but good, January 21, 2003

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A_2007_reader (Vladivostok, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antitrust Paradox (Paperback)

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).