Ronald H. Coase / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Aaron Director remembered / Stephen M. Stigler -- Aaron Director's influence on antitrust policy / Sam Peltzman -- George J. Stigler and his contributions to law and economics / Harold Demsetz -- The enduring contributions of Armen Alchian / Susan Woodward...

"The control of competition is designed, at best, to reconcile socioeconomic stability with innovation, and at worst, to keep competitors out of the market. In this respect, the nineteenth century was no more liberal than the eighteenth century. Even during the presumed liberal nineteenth...