Original Intent and the Sherman Antitrust Act: A Re-examination of the Consumer-Welfare Hypothesis
重新审视《谢尔曼反托拉斯法》的立法史,挑战芝加哥学派认为该法旨在促进消费者福利的观点,发现立法过程中消费者福利标准并未保留,国会更关注生产者行为。
An important tenet of the Chicago School of antitrust asserts that the Sherman Act's framers sought to foster consumer welfare. This article challenges that interpretation by re-examining the legislative history. That history suggests that a consumer-welfare standard did not survive the legislative process and that, if anything, Congress focused on the behavior of producers.