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Other Suggested Readings from InfoTrac College Edition
 
Agents: agreement favors airlines; ASTA wants to eliminate global antitrust immunity granted IATA carriers. (News). (Brief Article) Jerry Chandler. TravelAge West July 22, 2002 v37 i27 p6(1)

On refusing to deal with rivals. (antitrust law) Glen O. Robinson. Cornell Law Review July 2002 v87 i5 p1177(56)

Transitions in IP and antitrust. (intellectual property) Mark D. Janis. Antitrust Bulletin Summer-Fall 2002 p253(31)

Online music: antitrust and copyright perspectives. Jeffrey L. Harrison. Antitrust Bulletin Summer-Fall 2002 p465(25)

It's time to write to your Congressional representative: 'It's a crime for freelancers to share pricing information'. (Common Cents). (antitrust law amendments needed)(Brief Article) Mark Loundy. News Photographer June 2002 v57 i6 p13(2)

IP rights--and wrongs: Does overstrong patent and copyright protection hamper competition? (Staking Claims). (intellectual property and antitrust law)(Brief Article) Gary Stix. Scientific American May 2002 v286 i5 p38(1)

Reexamining antitrust: can "anticompetitive" business practices benefit consumers? (Law & Justice). Wayne Crews. USA Today (Magazine) March 2002 v130 i2682 p28(3)

THE NEW TRUSTBUSTERS: Brussels and Washington May Part Ways. David S. Evans. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2002 v81 i1 p14

Settlement Is Tough Sell to Congress. (Microsoft antitrust case) Patrick Thibodeau. Computerworld Dec 17, 2001 p7

They're out! Major League Baseball plans to ax two teams. Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication Dec 7, 2001 v101 i13 p1(5)

What Was That About? After a bruising four years, the Feds go easy on Microsoft. (Business)(Brief Article) Newsweek Nov 12, 2001 p42

Microsoft, DOJ Make a Deal; Competitors Cry Foul. Patrick Thibodeau, Carol Sliwa. Computerworld Nov 5, 2001 p1

Antitrust's Greatest Hits. David B. Kopel, Joseph Bast. Reason Nov 2001 v33 i6 p29

Microsoft Uncut: Justice says it won't try to bust up Gates & Co. Critics now fear a remedy that will be toothless. (Business) Adam Cohen. Time Sept 17, 2001 v158 i11 p42+

'A Cloud Lifted': After dodging a breakup, Microsoft--its foes say--is back to the same tactics that got the company in trouble in the first place. (National Affairs) Newsweek July 9, 2001 p38

Antitrust violations. (16th Annual Survey of White Collar Crime) Candice Jones, David S. Lee, Adrian Shin. American Criminal Law Review Summer 2001 v38 i3 p431

An analysis of the government's economic case in U.S. v. Microsoft. David S. Evans, Albert L. Nichols, Richard Schmalensee. Antitrust Bulletin Summer 2001 v46 i2 p163

How digital economics revises antitrust thinking. Richard B. McKenzie, Dwight R. Lee. Antitrust Bulletin Summer 2001 v46 i2 p253

Critical thinking about "critical loss" in antitrust. Kenneth L. Danger, H.E. Frech III. Antitrust Bulletin Summer 2001 v46 i2 p339

U.S. v. Microsoft--an economic analysis. Franklin M. Fisher, Daniel L. Rubinfeld. Antitrust Bulletin Spring 2001 v46 i1 p1

Did Microsoft engage in anticompetitive exclusionary behavior? Benjamin Klein. Antitrust Bulletin Spring 2001 v46 i1 p71

The problem of remedy in monopolization cases: the Microsoft case as an example. William S. Comanor. Antitrust Bulletin Spring 2001 v46 i1 p115

Antitrust and intellectual property: unresolved issues at the heart of the new economy. Robert Pitofsky. Berkeley Technology Law Journal Spring 2001 v16 i2 p535

Microsoft Lucks Out. (First/Law)(animosity toward Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson seems likely to help Mictosoft in its antitrust case)(Brief Article) John Simons. Fortune March 19, 2001 v143 i6 p34

Competition: The Hidden Costs of the Invisible Hand. (Industry Trend or Event) Michael Perelman. Challenge March 2001 v44 i2 p85

Trust the Trustbusters: Why conservatives are wrong about antitrust. Robert H. Bork. National Review Oct 23, 2000 v52 i20 pNA

Why a breakup of Microsoft is a bad idea. (Company Business and Marketing) Michael Gartenberg. Computerworld, July 3, 2000 p28(1)

The fleeting Reagan antitrust revolution. (Statistical Data Included) William F. Shughart II. Antitrust Bulletin, Summer 2000 v45 i2 p271

Merger enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission in three presidential administrations. (Statistical Data Included) Malcolm B. Coate. Antitrust Bulletin Summer 2000 v45 i2 p323

Break Microsoft up: A win-win solution. (Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings on Microsoft's business practices)(Company Business and Marketing)(Column) PC Week, November 22, 1999 p58

Antitrust violations. (Fourteenth Survey of White Collar Crime) Meredith E.B. Bell, Elena Laskin. American Criminal Law Review, Summer 1999 v36 i3 p357(1)

The new trustbusters: what's behind the resurgence of antitrust activism - and why it's bad news for consumers. James V. DeLong. Reason, March 1999 v30 i10 p36(9)

The Return of Big Oil. (Exxon-Mobil merger represents dangerous thinking) The Progressive, January 1999 v63 i1 p7(1)

FCC: public be damned. (Comment). (Federal Communications Commission ) John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney. The Nation June 2, 2003 v276 i21 p5

BEWARE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION. (effects of change in ownership rules) Business Week May 26, 2003 i3834 p126

POWELL'S BOOST FOR THE BELLS IS HALF-RIGHT. (Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell)(Column) Steve Rosenbush. Business Week Jan 20, 2003 i3816 p40

The road to Enron. (Comment). Robert Kuttner. The American Prospect March 25, 2002 v13 i6 p2(2)

Washington vs. Wall Street, again. (Enron debacle raises issues around corporate regulation)(Brief Article) Editors. U.S. News & World Report Feb 11, 2002 p10 Mag.Coll.: 110D0725. Bus.Coll.: 138S1700.

Useless airways. (Comment). (impact of deregulation on airline industry)(Brief Article) Robert Kuttner. The American Prospect Sept 9, 2002 v13 i16 p2(1)

CPUC head: California's energy woes stemmed from regulators 'stepping aside'. (General Interest). (California Public Utilities Commission) Jim Stott. The Oil and Gas Journal Dec 2, 2002 v100 i49 p22(1)

Legal turbulence: the courts's misconstrual of the Airline Deregulation Act's preemption clause and the effect on passengers' rights. Daniel H. Rosenthal. Duke Law Journal April 2002 v51 i6 p1857(22)

De-regulation, liberalization, and concentration in the airline industry. (Editorial). Management International Review April 2002 v42 i2 p115(4)

Competition and regulation in the airline industry. (Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included) Gautam Gowrisankaran. FRBSF Economic Letter Jan 18, 2002 v2002 i1 p1(3)

How To Fix The Air-Traffic Mess: Deregulation isn't the problem. It's the answer. (Features/Air Travel)(Industry Overview) Fortune June 25, 2001 v143 i13 p116+

Debunking the Myth: Carter, Congress, and the Politics of Airline Deregulation. (Scholarship). David B. Cohen, Chris J. Dolan. White House Studies Spring 2001 v1 i2 p197(27)

Washington vs. Wall Street, again. (Enron debacle raises issues around corporate regulation)(Brief Article) Editors. U.S. News & World Report Feb 11, 2002 p10 Mag.Coll.: 110D0725. Bus.Coll.: 138S1700.

Power Companies Go Back to...Power; The chastened industry is already turning far more conservative, part of a transformation that could decide if deregulation works. (STREET WISE)(Industry Overview) Heesun Wee. Business Week Online July 22, 2002 pNA

ENRON ECHOES IN PENNSYLVANIA. (investigation into power distribution by Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.)(Brief Article) The Nation June 10, 2002 v274 i22 p8

California Scheming: Internal documents describe the amazing, code-named ways that ENRON rigged the state's energy prices. (Nation) Chris Taylor. Time May 20, 2002 v159 i20 p42+

Doing deals in disheveled deregulating markets. (electric utilities United States)(Statistical Data Included) Roger D. Feldman. Journal of Structured and Project Finance Summer 2002 v8 i2 p13(6)

And the Enron Award Goes to...Enron; In light of the company's deceptions, it will be much more difficult to persuade consumers to accept deregulation. (Brief Article) Business Week May 20, 2002 i3783 p46

STATES ARE GOING WHERE THE FEDS WON'T TREAD; Filling a regulatory void, they're out to tackle Big Business. (consumer protection issues supported by states, not federal government) Dan Carney. Business Week May 20, 2002 i3783 p36

Solving the broadband paradox: the technology is ready, but the market is not. Deregulation, not subsidies, will speed adoption. (Broadband Policy). Adam D. Thierer. Issues in Science and Technology Spring 2002 v18 i3 p57(6)

INSIDE THE TELECOM GAME; How a small group of insiders made billions as the industry collapsed. (Industry Overview) Steven Rosenbush. Business Week August 5, 2002 i3794 p34

Regulating power: an idea whose time is back. (Enron Capitalism And How To Fix It). (Brief Article) Richard Rosen. The American Prospect March 25, 2002 v13 i6 p22(1)

A scandal for our time: Republicans ruled; ergo, Enron. Sean Wilentz. The American Prospect Feb 25, 2002 v13 i4 p20(3)

It's good for you; Energy liberalisation. (Energy trading after Enron)(deregulation seems viable, despite the Enron disaster)(Brief Article) The Economist (US) Feb 16, 2002 pNA

Washington vs. Wall Street, again. (Enron debacle raises issues around corporate regulation)(Brief Article) Editors. U.S. News & World Report Feb 11, 2002 p10