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"Cartels" by Wendell Berge is a legal-economic treatise written in the mid-20th century. It argues that international industrial cartels operate as “private governments” that suppress competition, slow technological progress, inflate prices, and even endanger democratic institutions and national security. Drawing on antitrust cases and congressional records, it contends that cartel power—often organized around patent controls and market-sharing pacts, notably with German combines—has warped foreign trade and public policy. The work promises detailed case studies across key sectors to advocate vigorous antitrust enforcement and broader public access to technology.
The opening of this work frames the postwar economic opportunity against the central obstacle of cartel power, with the author explaining his sources in Justice Department actions and Senate investigations. Early chapters chart the shift from domestic trusts to globally coordinated cartels, portray cartels as instruments that
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