Methodological and normative elements of the new antitrust.

Brandeis, however, believed that those efficiency gains often did not exist at all, or else really amounted to extraction - whether from firms in adjacent markets, or from the firm's own workers - via increased bargaining power. Brandeis understood that competition is necessarily intertwined and conditioned by specific forms of coordination - much as the muscular and fascia systems of the body are intertwined, interacting causally at an almost limitless series of points.[2] It's well known, of course, that Brandeis was sceptical of anointing the large, dominant firm as the central engine of this economic coordination. Keywords: Goals of antitrust; Antitrust reform; Coordination rights; Canalizing rules; Brandeis; Gardiner Means; K21 EN Goals of antitrust Antitrust reform Coordination rights Canalizing rules Brandeis Gardiner Means K21 253 258 6 08/11/23 20230701 NES 230701 Given the premise of this issue, I will dispense with any table-setting regarding the current moment in US antitrust debate and discussion, which spans the academic, regulatory, and policy spheres. [Extracted from the article]