(University of Oregon School of Law, 2011) Foer, Albert A.
The theme of the American Antitrust Institute’s (AAI) conference
on June 24, 2010, was embedded in a question: are the
boundaries between what is public and what is private in transition?
Our premise was that antitrust strikes a balance between government
regulation of the economy and an extremely free market system.
Another way to say this is that there is, on one hand, the public sector,
represented by the government, and on the other hand, the private
sector, represented by individuals, families, commercial units, and
various other associations. Our concern as experts in antitrust and
competition policy is in the nuances of the relationship between what,
at any point in time, is public and what is private because the balance
establishes the framework in which competition plays its role.
