Folks, Any other suggestions? Post directly to Landay and pen-l- I'll see copy on pen-l. Thanks Much! Ron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 13:59:58 -0600 (CST) From: BAIMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jerry M. Landay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Anti-trust Jerry, The works I'm most familiar with in this area are: Michael Best THE NEW COMPETITION , I believe from 1989, presents a different view that the classic anti-trust approach. Bennett Harrison LEAN AND MEAN on more recent industrial organization, not so much anti-trust. Alfred Chandler THE VISIBLE HAND among many other works is the pre-eminent econmic historian of industiral organization who also is more postive about U.S. big business in the post-war era than most anti-trust types. THere is also CONRTRIVED COMPETITION , i forget the author but he teaches at Harvard I believe and came out a few years ago. I'll post on radical econ list to wee what else comes up. Cheers, and Good Luck! Ron On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Jerry M. Landay wrote: > Ron: > > I met you at the Radical Scholars Conference, and am now writing at > the > suggestion of Steve Balkin. > > Am a non-economist now beginning research on the media monopoly > issue with > regard to deregulation and the annihilation of anti-trust enforcement with > regard > to media mergers and acquisitions. My objective is to write an article for > general, non-technical readers on the issue under the general working title: > Whatever Happened to antitrust (I've just completed the first of a triad > called > Whose First Amendment Is It Anyhow)? > > Am going to Washington shortly to do some interviews on the > subject, and > want to be generally informed with a relevant historical overview. Can you > recommend > one or two books that will provide that overview, beginning with the robber > barons and > TR and coming up to date -- at least through Reagan? The more readable the > better > for this layman. Any other recommendations to relevant reading matter is > much appreciated. > > My thanks in advance. > > Jerry M. Landay > University of Illinois @ Urbana > > >