The Great Leveler : : Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law / / Brett Christophers.

Brett Christophers shows how laws help capitalism maintain a crucial balance between competition and monopoly. When monopolistic forces dominate, antitrust law discourages the growth of corporations and restores competitiveness. When competition becomes dominant, intellectual property law protects c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (310 p.) :; 1 line illustration, 1 graph, 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Influences, Approaches, and Arguments
  • I. Leveling in Theory
  • 1. Competition under Capitalism
  • 2. Exchanging Production for Markets
  • 3. Law as Leveler
  • II. Leveling in Practice
  • 4. Designs on Monopoly
  • 5. The Revival of Competition
  • 6. Remaking Monopoly for the Twenty-First Century
  • Coda: Back to Balance?
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index