Table of Contents for The Bigness Complex
Table of Contents for The Bigness Complex
List of Tables and Charts
Preface
Part I. The Problem of Power
- Power and Public Policy
- Economists and Power
Part II. The Apologetics of Power
- Operating Efficiency
- Innovation Efficiency
- Social Efficiency
Part III. The Political Economy of Power: A Historical Perspective
- The Revolution of 1776: American Government
- The Revolution of 1776: British Economic Policy
Part IV. Competition and the Control of Power
- The Role of Antitrust
- Cartels
- Monopoly
- The Merger Problem
- Horizontal Mergers and Joint Ventures
- Vertical Mergers
- Conglomerate Mergers
- The Limitations of Antitrust
Part V. Government Intervention and Private Power
- The Regulation of Power
- Airlines: Regulation and Deregulation
- The Limits of Deregulation
- The Protection of Power
- The Bailout of Power
Part VI. The Coalescence of Power
- The Labor-Industrial Complex
- The "Sports-Industrial" Complex
Part VII. Public Policy Alternatives
- The Neo-Darwinist Vision
- The Neoliberal Vision
- A Public Philosophy
Notes
Index