Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice

Analyzes the newly available statistical evidence on income distribution in the former Soviet Union both by social group and by republic, and considers the significance of inequalities as a factor contributing to the demise of the Communist regime. VOLUME I Introduction PART I Historical Perspective Chapter 1 Historical perspective: an introduction Chapter 2 Did Shennan want to break the trusts? Chapter 3 Antitrust past-present-future Chapter 4 The first Sherman Act case: Jellico Mountain Coal, 1891 Chapter 5 The good and bad trust dichotomy: a short history of a legal idea Chapter 6 Economists and antitrust: the circular road Chapter 7 Section 7 and the evolving role of economics Chapter 8 Toward a merger policy that maximizes consumer welfare: enforcement by careful analysis, not by the numbers Chapter 9 The Reagan Revolution Chapter 10 Directions for antitrust enforcement at the Department of Justice Chapter 11 Merger enforcement: out of the courtroom after 75 years Chapter 12 Economic and political foundations of section 7 enforcement in the 1980's Chapter 13 Has antitrust outgrown dual enforcement? A proposal for rationalization Chapter 14 The Justice Department and the antitrust laws: law enforcer or regulator? Chapter 15 Cycles of antitrust zeal: predictability? Chapter 16 The Sherman Act and the economic power problem