Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World

by Wyatt Wells

Book Overview

Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn't always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, the United States devoted considerable resources to building a liberal economic order, which Washington believed was necessary to preserving not only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023112399X
• ISBN13: 9780231123990
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher