Antitrust for the world's 200 countries: the man who sought justice in America
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Paul Rand Dixon, Pres Kennedy's FTC Chairman, was a staunch defender of the antitrust laws. Dixon believed unfair competition and economic violence to be immoral and unAmerican. He attacked potential monopolies by stopping competitors from colluding, merging, or coercing one each other, particularly by focusing on prevention of price-fixing and exclusionary tactics. He knew how to maximize antitrust efforts within the political context of his time. He followed in the footsteps of Thurman Arnold, another strong supporter of antitrust principles.
Publication Name: Antitrust Law and Economics Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0003-6048
Year: 1996
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Antitrust in the Common Market: Marx, monopoly, and the 'chill winds of competition.'(Antitrust in Camelot: the John F. Kennedy Years at the FTC)(Transcript)
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Paul Rand Dixon, Pres Kennedy's FTC Chairman, believed the Common Market's antitrust rules, enacted in the early 1960s, were the best way to provide the type of economic security needed to prevent the spread of Communism. The antitrust rules were designed to lower tariffs and provide other economic efficiencies among the six Market countries. While Dixon saw problems in the rules and believed US antitrust laws to be stronger in some areas, he applauded the Market countries decision to adopt the rules.
Publication Name: Antitrust Law and Economics Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0003-6048
Year: 1996
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'You take my life when you do take the means by which I live.' (Paul Rand Dixon) (includes commentary)(Antitrust in Camelot: the John F. Kennedy Years at the FTC)(Transcript)
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Paul Rand Dixon, Pres Kennedy's FTC Chairman, believed US businesses had prospered directly because of the enforcement of the antitrust laws. Unfair competition potentially could destroy the US economy and, in turn, the freedom of American citizens, according to Dixon. US businesses should observe price discrimination and fair competition laws so as to ensure a stable, just, and prosperous society based on shared economic interests.
Publication Name: Antitrust Law and Economics Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0003-6048
Year: 1996
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