Sylvester Petro

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Competition, Monopoly and the Role of Government

07/04/2018 Mises Wire Sylvester Petro

[ Reprinted from Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader, compiled by Bettina G. Greaves.] The great monopoly problem mankind has to face today is not an outgrowth of the operation of the market economy...

The Corruption of Union Leadership

06/27/2018 Mises Daily Sylvester Petro

[ Originally published in The Freeman , May 1, 1959.] Coercion marks the beginning and corruption the conclusion of the march of union power observable in the McClellan Record. The process begins...

Do Antitrust Laws Preserve Competition?

11/24/2009 Mises Daily Sylvester Petro

Competition is not a mode of conduct that anyone has to promote institutionally. It develops naturally and necessarily among persons who are free to pursue their own interests.

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