Not long ago, economists denied the existence of monopsony in labor markets. Today, scholars are talking about using antitrust law to counter employer wagesetting power. While concerns about inequality, stagnant wages, and excessive firm power are certainly to be welcomed, this sudden about-face in theory, evidence, and policy runs the risk of overlooking some important concerns. The purpose of this Essay is to address these concerns and, more critically, to discuss some tensions between antitrust and labor law, a more traditional method for regulating labor markets. Part I addresses a question raised in the very recent literature, about why antitrust has not been a traditional tool of labor market regulation. Part II addresses some drawbac...
Horizontal collusion among employers to suppress wages has received almost no attention in the acade...
Antitrust has traditionally served consumers—how can the law regulate firms in a manner that prevent...
Recent research indicates that labor market power has contributed to wage inequality and economic st...
Growing inequality, the decline in labor’s share of national income, and increasing evidence of labo...
Growing inequality, the decline in labor’s share of national income, and increasing evidence of labo...
As of late, there has been a concerted push in the Biden administration, backed by prominent academi...
The important field of antitrust and labor has gone through a profound change in orientation. For th...
There is a fundamental conflict between labor law and antitrust law. The antitrust laws reflect the ...
Today, unlike in years past, labor is much more likely to be viewed as the victim and not the perpet...
Congress urgently needs to reformulate the antitrust labor exemption. Courts and legal scholars alik...
This Article argues that the Sherman Act regulates concerted employer activity in the labor market o...
A natural consequence of employer restraints of trade that decrease wages is lower prices. Under ant...
Due to a lack of competition among employers in the labor market, employers have monopsony power, or...
This Article examines the regulation, by antitrust law, of collective action by low-wage workers who...
In his article, The Application of Antitrust Law to Labor Markets—Then and Now, Richard Epstein argu...
Horizontal collusion among employers to suppress wages has received almost no attention in the acade...
Antitrust has traditionally served consumers—how can the law regulate firms in a manner that prevent...
Recent research indicates that labor market power has contributed to wage inequality and economic st...
Growing inequality, the decline in labor’s share of national income, and increasing evidence of labo...
Growing inequality, the decline in labor’s share of national income, and increasing evidence of labo...
As of late, there has been a concerted push in the Biden administration, backed by prominent academi...
The important field of antitrust and labor has gone through a profound change in orientation. For th...
There is a fundamental conflict between labor law and antitrust law. The antitrust laws reflect the ...
Today, unlike in years past, labor is much more likely to be viewed as the victim and not the perpet...
Congress urgently needs to reformulate the antitrust labor exemption. Courts and legal scholars alik...
This Article argues that the Sherman Act regulates concerted employer activity in the labor market o...
A natural consequence of employer restraints of trade that decrease wages is lower prices. Under ant...
Due to a lack of competition among employers in the labor market, employers have monopsony power, or...
This Article examines the regulation, by antitrust law, of collective action by low-wage workers who...
In his article, The Application of Antitrust Law to Labor Markets—Then and Now, Richard Epstein argu...
Horizontal collusion among employers to suppress wages has received almost no attention in the acade...
Antitrust has traditionally served consumers—how can the law regulate firms in a manner that prevent...
Recent research indicates that labor market power has contributed to wage inequality and economic st...