Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power
Author: United States. Congress. House. Temporary National Economic Committee
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Published: 1939
Total Pages: 494
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Published: 1939
Total Pages: 494
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Malcolm Blair
Publisher: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 776
ISBN-13: 9780155187818
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As a veteran of both the Bureau of Economics of the Federal Trade Commission and the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly during the 1960s, author Blair is an advocate. His advocacy of his position is clear, concise, and understandable: he favors strong antitrust laws and the stricter application of those laws to existing corporate structures, and this is his argument. First, it defines and discusses four types of economic concentration-market, vertical, conglomerate, and aggregate. Second, high concentration (as opposed to diffusion of control) is shown to be neither the necessary nor the "natural" state of the economy because "centrifugal" forces (eventual diseconomies of scale, growth, and technological change) constantly are chipping away at dominance and ossification. Third, it argues that the primary causes of high and rising concentration of various kinds are neither natural nor technological imperatives (economies of scale, technological change): rather, they are artificial and unnecessary "centripetal" factors, the most important being mergers, acquisitions, TV advertising, predation, and anticompetitive government policies of various kinds. The result, therefore, is a work rich in empirical information and skillful in interpreting and verifying new data and statistical approaches; moreover, it integrates a substantial quantity of data never attempted in this area in the past. In this sense it is an excellent contribution. No topic considered has been shortchanged, the treatment is competent. But the effort to cover the entire waterfront leaves several urgent questions: What can be done and where? How may we attempt new approaches to our subject? How may we first better convince the general public and Congress that, indeed, a strong antitrust policy is desirable?
Author: Philip H. Howard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-02-25
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1472581148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply. Just how concentrated has this system become? At almost every key stage of the food system, four firms alone control 40% or more of the market, a level above which these companies have the power to drive up prices for consumers and reduce their rate of innovation. Researchers have identified additional problems resulting from these trends, including negative impacts on the environment, human health, and communities. This book reveals the dominant corporations, from the supermarket to the seed industry, and the extent of their control over markets. It also analyzes the strategies these firms are using to reshape society in order to further increase their power, particularly in terms of their bearing upon the more vulnerable sections of society, such as recent immigrants, ethnic minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status. Yet this study also shows that these trends are not inevitable. Opposed by numerous efforts, from microbreweries to seed saving networks, it explores how such opposition has encouraged the most powerful firms to make small but positive changes.
Author: Thomas Philippon
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0674237544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →American markets, once a model for the world, are giving up on competition. Thomas Philippon blames the unchecked efforts of corporate lobbyists. Instead of earning profits by investing and innovating, powerful firms use political pressure to secure their advantages. The result is less efficient markets, leading to higher prices and lower wages.
Author: Edward Sagendorph Mason
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 798
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrés Solimano
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1107003547
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyzes Chile's political economy and its attempt to build a market society in a highly inegalitarian country.
Author: Norman R. Collins
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780520002548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 636
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Temporary National Income Committee
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Published: 1939
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