Title Antitrust and global capitalism, 1930-2004 / Tony A. Freyer

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 437 pages) Series Cambridge historical studies in American law and society Cambridge historical studies in American law and society. Contents Reconstituting American antitrust 1937-1945 -- Protectionism over competition : Europe, Australia, and Japan, 1930-1945 -- American antitrust since 1945 -- Japanese antitrust since 1945 -- Antitrust in postwar European social welfare capitalism -- Antitrust resurgence and social welfare capitalism in postwar Australia Summary "The international spread of antitrust suggested the historical process shaping global capitalism. By the 1930s, Americans feared that big business exceeded the government's capacity to impose accountability, engendering the most aggressive antitrust campaign in history. Meanwhile, big business had emerged to varying degrees in liberal Britain, Australia, and France; Nazi Germany; and militarist Japan. These same nations nonetheless expressly rejected American-style antitrust as unsuited to their cultures and institutions. After World War II, however, governments in these nations--as well as the European Community--adopted workable antitrust regimes. By the millennium antitrust was instrumental to the clash between state sovereignty and globalization. What ideological and institutional factors explain the global change from opposing to supporting antitrust? Addressing this question, this book throws new light on the struggle over liberal capitalism during the Great Depression and World War II, the postwar Allied occupations of Japan and Germany, the reaction against American big business hegemony during the cold war, and the clash over globalization and the WTO."--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Antitrust law -- History Antitrust law -- United States -- History Antitrust law -- Japan -- History Antitrust law -- Europe -- History Antitrust law -- Australia -- History Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects Free enterprise -- Moral and ethical aspects LAW -- Antitrust. Antitrust law Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects Free enterprise -- Moral and ethical aspects Australia Europe Japan United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511607189 0511607180 051124150X 9780511241505 9780511242007 051124200X 0511240988 9780511240980 1280567724 9781280567728 9786610567720 6610567727

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