After roughly 15 years of merger control application in the Federal Republic of Germany a reassessment of the significance of this instrument of antitrust policy seems necessary. This is particularly so in view of the reorientation of merger control policy in the United States which has been -...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Influences, Approaches, and Arguments -- 1. Competition under Capitalism -- 2. Exchanging Production for Markets -- 3. Law as Leveler -- 4. Designs on Monopoly -- 5. The Revival of Competition -- 6. Remaking Monopoly for the Twenty-First Century -- Coda:...