Study of Monopoly Power: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Study of Monopoly Power of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First-[second] Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 Committee Serial No. 14. Reviews effectiveness of antitrust laws, and suggested revisions to the laws from representatives of educational institutions, business and government; pt. 2A-B, Reviews economic concentration and monopolistic practices relation to procurement practices, small businesses, patent right restrictions, Federal transportation rate-making regulations, and special antitrust exemptions. Includes summary and digest of testimony for parts 2-A and 2-B (p. 1-160); pt.4A, Includes digest of testimony (p. 1-65); pt.5, Considers legislation to make fines for certain antitrust violations triple the amount of damages; pt.6A, Reviews newsprint shortages and industry economic concentration. Focuses on Canadian and Newfoundland newsprint export and production practices' impact on domestic industry. Includes digest of testimony (p. 1-85). |
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... agreement between North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. , Cambria Iron Co. , and Pennsylvania Steel Co. , dated August 2 , 1887_____ Charts of number of mergers and acquisitions in manufacturing and mining between 1919 and 1948_ . Chart of ...
... agreement between North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. , Cambria Iron Co. , and Pennsylvania Steel Co. , dated August 2 , 1887_____ Charts of number of mergers and acquisitions in manufacturing and mining between 1919 and 1948_ . Chart of ...
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... agreement that the antitrust laws are more or less unsatisfactory in their present form . The most frequent reason given for dissatisfaction was that economic concen- tration has not been prevented or sufficiently slowed down . The ...
... agreement that the antitrust laws are more or less unsatisfactory in their present form . The most frequent reason given for dissatisfaction was that economic concen- tration has not been prevented or sufficiently slowed down . The ...
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... coal output without the express agreement of the operators was exempt from anti- trust action , and the practice might be extended to other industries if found advantageous by the unions . Mr. Richberg discussed MONOPOLY POWER 3.
... coal output without the express agreement of the operators was exempt from anti- trust action , and the practice might be extended to other industries if found advantageous by the unions . Mr. Richberg discussed MONOPOLY POWER 3.
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... agreement that the antitrust laws are in need of reexamination . The motive of protecting not only free enterprise but free political institu- tions was stressed by one witness after another as peculiarly important in the present ...
... agreement that the antitrust laws are in need of reexamination . The motive of protecting not only free enterprise but free political institu- tions was stressed by one witness after another as peculiarly important in the present ...
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... agreements directly limiting production and unfair methods of competition . The principle announced by Senator ... Agreement Act of 1937 permits price- fixing of milk . These modifications affect volume of production and prices of ...
... agreements directly limiting production and unfair methods of competition . The principle announced by Senator ... Agreement Act of 1937 permits price- fixing of milk . These modifications affect volume of production and prices of ...
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