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Ignorance is us: toys, music, and antitrust regulation
Source: Competitive Enterprise Institute
Author: James V. DeLong
Country: United States

Decades ago, the FTC had a reputation for using antitrust laws to defend mom-and-pop stores against the retailing revolution brought about by supermarkets and discount stores. Instead of learning to keep its thumb off the scales and let markets work, it has now jumped to the opposite extreme, intervening on the side of the big discount houses against smaller specialty stores. (9/13/00)

Flawed theories on antitrust
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"The Clinton administration followed an aggressive, activist antitrust policy ... With the new Bush administration in place, legal scholars are calling for a more reasoned approach that would focus on the initial goal of the Sherman Act: combating price-fixing agreements among competitors." (02/26/01)

Frequently asked questions on the Microsoft antitrust case
Source: Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism
Country: United States

Get the lowdown on the antitrust case that grabbed the headlines.

The new trustbusters
Source: Reason
Author: James V. DeLong
Country: United States

The current revival in federal antitrust litigation owes an awful lot to political back-scratching and game-playing. (3/99)

Cato handbook for Congress: Antitrust
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

The Cato Institute urges Congress to do away with anti-free-market antitrust policies and repeal the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and the Robinson-Patman Act. (1998)

Microsoft case finding of fact
Source: United States Government
Country: United States

Read Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's anti-Microsoft diatribe. (11/9/99)

U.S. v. Microsoft: Proposed final judgment
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Country: United States

The government's plan for dismembering Microsoft and essentially nationalizing the remains. (4/28/00)

MS vs. DOJ: An inside perspective
Source: Henri Hein
Country: United States

A former Microsoft employee provides an inside perspective into the Microsoft antitrust case.

Barbarians at Bill Gates
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
Author: William F. Shughart II
Country: United States

A clear, concise explanation of events leading up the Microsoft antitrust trial and crucial rulings during the trial.

Antitrust after Microsoft: The obsolescence of antitrust in the digital era
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: David B. Kopel
Country: United States

This excerpt from David Kopel's new book on antitrust policy points out the failings of traditional antitrust policy, and how those problems are worsening in today's fast-moving high-tech economy. (02/01)

Libertarian solutions: the Microsoft antitrust case: the end of the Sherman Act?
Source: LP News
Author: David B. Kopel
Country: United States
E-mail: George.Getz@hq.lp.org

"The following essay summarizes the conclusions of a new book, 'Antitrust After Microsoft: The Obsolescence of Antitrust in the Digital Era,' by David B. Kopel (published by The Heartland Institute, February 2001)." (04/01)

Patents: Playing monopoly for real
Source: Dayton Daily News
Country: United States

"A patent rewards an inventor by giving the patent owner a virtual monopoly over the patented invention. .... Patent rights are particularly valuable because they last so long. .... Patents are creatures of federal law."

Government decisions should not replace market outcomes
Source: Association for Competitive Technology
Author: staff
Country: United States

"Much of the dynamism of the U.S. economy is due to intense competition among producers of goods and services, with winners determined by choices made in the market-place. ACT believes that government decisions should not replace market outcomes with their own ideas of what consumers need or 'ought to' want." (05/02)

What digital divide?
Source: Pacific Research Institute
Author: Sonia Arrison
Country: United States

"A new report from the Department of Commerce brings good news to most Americans and serves as a wake-up call for those who believe the digital divide is the civil liberties issue of the 21st century." (03/02)

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