{"product_id":"9781101032589","title":"Free the Market!: Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy we need government intervention in the free market to protect competition and encourage innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStarting about thirty years ago, conservatives forced an overhaul of competition policy that has loosened business rules for everything from selling products to buying competitors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGary 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree the Market!\u003c\/i\u003e is both a memoir of Reback's titanic legal battles—involving top companies such as Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and AT\u0026amp;T—and a persuasive argument for measured government intervention in the free market to foster competition. Among the fascinating questions he considers:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan a company ever compete too hard for the public good?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShould policy makers worry more about promoting competition or improving efficiency?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes it help consumers when a manufacturer sets the prices its retailers charge?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShould the government do more to stop controversial mergers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt what point does intellectual property protection hurt innovation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300777410800,"sku":"9781101032589","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101032589_p0.jpg?v=1763684712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101032589","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}