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The Abolition of Antitrust (Hardcover)

by Gary Hull (Editor)
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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. 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.

About the Author
Gary Hull is director of the Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace (VEM) at Duke University, and has taught philosophy and business ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, Whittier College, and the Claremont Graduate School. He is coeditor of The Ayn Rand Reader.

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  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers (May 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765802821
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765802828
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,714,187 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Something Everyone Should Read, July 14, 2005
Each essay in this book is very well structured and very enlightening; going into depth on issues that the best books on general economics that I've read only touch the surface of.

Tearing apart the flawed philosophical foundation of many of the prevailing erroneous economic theories that plague us today; this book exposes a great deal of falsehoods widely accepted as fact. Such as the myth of the "robber barons".


I strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in economics, history, politics and/or philosophy.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Abolish Antitrust Law: The complete case, October 3, 2005
The book consists of a series of essays covering the economic, historical, legal, and philosophical cases for the elimination of antitrust law. Particularly noteworthy, in my opinion, was the chapter by Richard M. Salsman entitled "The False Profits of Antitrust" in which he traces the attitude of economics and economists to profits, capitalists, and entrepreneurs over the last few centuries. According to Salsman the attitude is largely negative and profits (and thus capitalists) are expected ideally not to be there. This obscene view appears to still be the norm today. Editor Gary Hull's essay is also important in that it shows in the clearest terms that Antitrust laws punish successful businesses for their virtues (increased productivity and innovation) and are therefore profoundly unjust.

Also helpful were Eric Daniel's historical tracing of the concept of monopoly in England and America, Thomas Bowden's detailed and informative discussion of contract law and its relation to antitrust law. Harry Binswanger reviews issues familiar to Objectivists in terms of the "economic vs political power" -- only the second can constitute a violation of rights.

If you want to read the best case for the abolition of antitrust look no further.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Why Your Government is Corrupt, 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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3.0 out of 5 stars Generally good with one big flaw
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... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Walter J. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Case for the Elimination of all Antitrust Laws
This book is a collection of essays which argue that antitrust laws are subjective and immoral. Most of the contributing authors are Objectivists, so expect all of the moral... Read more
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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... Read more
Published on August 20, 2005 by noman

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