false 6467248 1 <B>Why we need government intervention in the free market to protect competition and encourage innovation</B><BR><BR> Starting about thirty years ago, conservatives forced an overhaul of competition policy that has loosened business rules for everything from selling products to buying competitors.<BR><BR> Gary Reback thinks the changes have gone too far. Today’s competition policies, he argues, were made for the old manufacturing economy of the 1970s. But in a high-tech world, these policies actually slow innovation, hurt consumers, and entrench big companies at the expense of entrepreneurs.<BR><BR> <I>Free the Market!</I> is both a memoir of Reback’s titanic legal battles—involving top companies such as Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and AT&T—and a persuasive argument for measured government intervention in the free market to foster competition. Among the fascinating questions he considers:<BR><BR> • Can a company ever compete too hard for the public good?<BR> • Should policy makers worry more about promoting competition or improving efficiency?<BR> • Does it help consumers when a manufacturer sets the prices its retailers charge?<BR> • Should the government do more to stop controversial mergers?<BR> • At what point does intellectual property protection hurt innovation? 6657754 16 4 2009 Free the Market!: Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive total:2|4:1|3:1| 2 7 8 2 3 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:11:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 09:50:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 15:24:40 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 15:16:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:26:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 16 22:12:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 22:12:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 09:42:04 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 20:16:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 16:49:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:49:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 04:41:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 04:41:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 17:24:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:24:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 13 08:14:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:14:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6467248