The 1940's produced a rash of books and articles on the decline of competition and oligopolistic tendencies in the wake of the federally financed hearings and final monographic publications of the Temporary National Economic Committee. Fellner's standard analysis offers an especially perceptive treatment of the the effect of uncertainty on oligopolistic behavior. This edition includes a new preface and corrections by the author. "An unusual talent for ... rigors in reformulating the problem but above all, wisdom and perspective in placing it in context." M. Blaug Who's Who in Economics