Book contents
- Competition Law in Crisis
- Competition Law in Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Authorities
- Introduction
- 1 The Legal Framework
- 2 The Pre–More Economic Approach to Competition’s Role in Crisis Management
- 3 The Post-MEA Relationship between Competition Law and Crisis Management
- 4 The Financial Crisis of 2008
- 5 The Covid-19 Crisis
- 6 Brexit
- 7 The Environment, Sustainability Goals and the Climate Crisis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2022
Book contents
- Competition Law in Crisis
- Competition Law in Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Authorities
- Introduction
- 1 The Legal Framework
- 2 The Pre–More Economic Approach to Competition’s Role in Crisis Management
- 3 The Post-MEA Relationship between Competition Law and Crisis Management
- 4 The Financial Crisis of 2008
- 5 The Covid-19 Crisis
- 6 Brexit
- 7 The Environment, Sustainability Goals and the Climate Crisis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the argument of the book. It sets out the problem, namely that in almost every crisis there are calls to relax the competition laws so that business can aid in the resolution of the crisis. This chapter challenges this claim. It does so by arguing that the aim of the competition regime is to increase social wealth, so that it can later be used or redistributed. The Introduction outlines the structure of the work, indicating what will be found in subsequent chapters.
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- Competition Law in CrisisThe Antitrust Response to Economic Shocks, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022