Regulating big business : antitrust in Great Britain and America, 1880-1990 / Tony Freyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freyer, Tony Allan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade regulation--Great Britain--History.

Trade regulation.

Trade regulation--United States--History.

Trusts, Industrial--Great Britain--History.

Trusts, Industrial.

Trusts, Industrial--United States--History.

Antitrust law--Great Britain--History.

Antitrust law.

Antitrust law--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late nineteenth century a new form of capitalism emerged in Great Britain and the United States. Before the revolutions in communication and transportation, the owners of firms managed the processes of production, distribution, transportation and communication personally. By the end of the century, however, technological innovation and mass markets fostered the development of large-scale corporate structures, leading to a separation between owners and operators. In this new form of capitalist enterprise managers were increasingly the principal decision makers. This economic transformation spawned social and political tensions which compelled the public and policy makers to decide upon an appropriate response to big business. A primary focus of public discourse was antitrust. This book explores the development of big business and the antitrust response in a comparative context.

Contents:

1. The response to big business: the formative era, 1880-1914

2. The divergence of economic thought

3. The political response

4. The courts respond to big business

5. The impact of World War I, 1914-1921

6. Tentative convergence, 1921-1948

7. A British antimonopoly policy emerges, 1940-1948

8. Uneven convergence since World War II.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-58238-2

0-511-00236-X