In its decades-long effort to assure the safety, efficacy, and security of medicines and other products, the Food and Drug Administration has struggled with issues of funding, proper associations with industry, and the balance between consumer choice and consumer protection. Today, these...

Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their...

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:...