Accommodating Competition: Harmonizing National Economic Commitments

Authors

Jonathan Baker, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Journal

William & Mary Law Review

Volume

60

Issue

4

Abstract

This article shows how the norm supporting governmental action to protect and foster competitive markets was harmonized with economic rights to contract and property during the 19th century, and with the development of the social safety net during the 20th century. It explains why the Constitution, as understood today, does not check the erosion of the entrenched but threatened national commitment to assuring competitive markets.

Recommended Citation

Jonathan Baker, Accommodating Competition: Harmonizing National Economic Commitments, 60 Washington University Law Review (2019).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1140