Antitrust policy : Economics and law / Edited with introductions by Sylvester E. Berki.

I. Workable competition, the rule of reason and the per se doctrine : Federal antitrust legislation: Guideposts to a revised national antitrust policy / S. Chesterfield Oppenheim - The "rule of reason": Workable competition or workable monopoly? / Walter Adams -- II. Power, intent, and illegality : Monopoly under the Sherman Act: Power or purpose? / Eugene V. Rostow - A legal and economic appraisal of the "new" Sherman and Clayton Acts / Alfred E. Kahn -- III. Structure or performance? : Collusion under the Sherman Act / Carl Kaysen - Economics of size / Richard B. Heflebower.

"Whether the objectives of antitrust statutes have been properly interpreted and applied (much less whether they have been actually realized), or whether they need modification in a constantly changing complex industrial society are fascinating questions for lawyers and economists. They are vital questions for every citizen. For what happens in the realm of antitrust policy influences not merely the price a consumer pays for gasoline, but the number of alternatives he faces both as the buyer of products and as the seller of his services. And, ultimately, the nature and extent of antitrust decisions profoundly condition the character and direction of an evolving industrial society." -- From the introduction.

"This new series of readings is designed to facilitate the teaching of courses in economics by providing flexibility and depth of treatment to a variety of important subjects. Each volume deals with a vital issue about which there has been, and is, considerable argument. Each volume contains a wide range, both of primary sources that permit a student a fresh view of basic materials and of secondary writings of well-known authorities. Each volume is edited by a specialist in the field who provides editorial introductions, comments, summaries, and an annotated bibliography." -- From the back cover.