The politics of antitrust: President Clinton's bridge to the 21st century's new robber barons

Article Abstract:

President Clinton's antitrust policy has been so weak that it has allowed a new generation of so-called robber barons to prosper and create monopolies. Reagan's and Bush's FTC and Justice Dept appointees could reasonably have been expected to protect the richest economic class, but Anne Bingaman and Robert Pitofsky, both appointed by Clinton, have failed to enforce the laws. Pitofsky appears to support mergers as economically efficient and good for the economy. By accepting Republican-based pro-monopoly policies, the Clinton appointees are allowing monopolies to grow unchecked.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Practice, Pitofsky, Robert

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Antitrust without democracy? From competition, to prosperity, and lastly to political freedom?

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Centralized enforcement of a free market economy or 'economic democracy' is a necessary antecedent to political democracy in poor non-industrialized countries. Poor countries are likely to benefit more from antimonopoly measures than wealthier industrialized countries and such measures would probably be more successful in poorer autocratically controlled countries than in political democracies. What the economies of Zaire, Russia, and China look like in the decades following the 1990s may clarify these issues.

Competition (Economics), Democracy, international

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An antitrust agenda for President Clinton: demote 'theory' and restore the private cases

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The antitrust and health care policies to be enacted by the Clinton administration would benefit from a greater understanding of efficient markets and the merits of competition. Reforms needed at the FTC and the Antitrust Division include removing the economic theorists who have justified antitrust enforcement inactivity over the past twelve years. These theorists have encourged private suits, publicly supported antitrust enforcement and scrutinized the judiciary's reticence to enforce antitrust laws.

Health care reform

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