Dominick T. Armentano is professor emeritus in economics at the University of Hartford in Connecticut and an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute.
Elizabeth Warren has made antitrust a major public policy issue in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. She has argued that several high-tech companies such as Amazon, Google and...
As political and academic progressives expand their frenzied attacks on “wealth” and on the alleged transgressions of “big business,” antitrust regulation is suddenly back in vogue big time. As an...
If you think that the “tax the rich” rhetoric from the left-wing of the Democratic Party is primarily about economics you would be sadly mistaken. After all, there isn’t enough tax revenue in the...
In this pioneering study, Professor Armentano thoroughly researches the classic cases in antitrust law and demonstrates an enormous gap between the stated aims of antitrust law and what it actually accomplishes in the real world. Instead of
From the author: The following is a study in the history of free enterprise ideas. Specifically it presents the political economy of William Graham Sumner, highlighting the ideas and analysis that mark his contribution to economic thought, and make
This 100-page tour de force rips the intellectual cover off antitrust regulation to reveal it for what it is: a bludgeon used by businesses against their competitors. Unlike some critics, Professor Armentano carries the logic of his analysis to
The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture sponsored by Dr. Don Printz, presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 22 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Includes an introduction by Joseph T. Salerno.
Professor Dominick T. Armentano and Congressman Ron Paul discuss anti-trust and monopoly.
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