Competition Law and Economic Inequality - ACELG

After a short introduction by the editors, Martijn Snoep (Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, ACM) and Damien Gerard (Prosecutor general, Belgian Competition Authority / Visiting Professor, UCLouvain and College of Europe) will comment upon the different sections of the book.

This will be followed by comments from one of the contributors to the book, Dr Mary Guy (Liverpool John Moores).

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About the book

The gap between the rich and poor is widening across the globe. This book explores whether this major societal challenge of our time can be addressed by the means of competition law.

The primary goal of today's competition law is to ensure that market power does not lead to an inefficient production of goods and services. Nevertheless, even such efficiency-oriented curbing of market power may arguably contribute to the reduction of differences in how much people own and earn. Furthermore, many competition law regimes do take into account distributive considerations too.

The chapters investigate the relationship between competition law and economic (in)equality from philosophical, historical, and economic perspectives. Their inquiries concern the conceptual foundations of competition law and doctrinal frameworks of individual jurisdictions, as well as specific problems and markets. As such, the book provides a novel and comprehensive overview of whether and how competition law can contribute to more equality in both developed and developing countries.

The book is based on a conference organised jointly by ACELG and ACLE and supported by the research project Sustainable Global Economic Law.

Dr. K.J. (Kati) Cseres

Faculty of Law

European Public Law

k.j.cseres@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3654

Dr. J. (Jan) Broulík

Faculty of Law

European Public Law

j.broulik@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3946

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