A robust examination of the history and current state of US antitrust policy, including the growing role of internet commerce. Antitrust regulations are historical and political as much as legal or economic. In
Antitrust Policy Design, Herbert Hovenkamp engages the central antitrust issue today: the growing role of internet commerce. Protection of consumers and labor interests, says Hovenkamp, have always been the paramount concern of antitrust legislation. He examines the structure of antitrust policy, underlining that current antitrust policy makes no distinctions between online and offline trade. We are best served, he says, by policies that favor consumers and suppliers, including suppliers of labor, and unrestrained innovation. He makes clear policy recommendations, especially in the area of remedies.
Hovenkamp begins with the original understandings of the antitrust statutes, followed by a brief account of the various "schools" of antitrust thought that reflect changing commitments to markets, free enterprise, and economic growth. He examines the most significant deviations from these ideas, then explores the metrics that antitrust policy makers use to evaluate particular practices, including its use of economics. Finally, he evaluates antitrust policy toward dominant firms, remedies, mergers involving complementary products, and anticompetitive agreements.
對美國反托拉斯政策的歷史與現況進行深入且紮實的探討，其中也涵蓋網際網路商務日益重要的角色。
反托拉斯規範不僅是法律或經濟問題，同時也深受歷史與政治因素影響。在《反托拉斯政策設計》（Antitrust Policy Design）一書中，Herbert Hovenkamp 探討當今反托拉斯領域的核心議題：網際網路商務日益擴大的作用。Hovenkamp 指出，保障消費者與勞工權益一直是反托拉斯立法最重要的關切。他檢視反托拉斯政策的架構，並強調現行反托拉斯政策並未區分線上與線下交易。他認為，最能符合我們利益的政策，應該是有利於消費者與供應商（包括勞動力供應者），並且不限制創新的政策。他也提出明確的政策建議，尤其著重於救濟措施（remedies）。
Hovenkamp 首先說明反托拉斯法規最初的理解與立法意旨，接著簡要介紹反托拉斯思想中的各種「學派」，這些學派反映了人們對市場、自由企業與經濟成長日益變化的重視。他探討偏離這些理念最為顯著的情況，接著分析反托拉斯政策制定者用來評估特定行為的衡量標準，包括經濟學在其中所扮演的角色。最後，他評估針對支配性企業的反托拉斯政策、救濟措施、涉及互補產品的合併，以及限制競爭的協議。
Herbert Hovenkamp is the James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School. His books include Antitrust Law, 20 vols. (with Erik Hovenkamp, the late Phillip E. Areeda, and the late Donald F. Turner); Tech Monopoly (MIT Press); Federal Antitrust Policy; The Opening of American Law, 1870-1970; The Antitrust Enterprise; and Enterprise and American Law, 1836-1937.
Herbert Hovenkamp 是賓夕法尼亞大學法學院與 Wharton School 的 James G. Dinan 大學教授。他的著作包括《Antitrust Law》20 卷（與 Erik Hovenkamp、已故的 Phillip E. Areeda 及已故的 Donald F. Turner 合著）、《Tech Monopoly》（MIT Press 出版）、《Federal Antitrust Policy》、《The Opening of American Law, 1870–1970》、《The Antitrust Enterprise》，以及《Enterprise and American Law, 1836–1937》。
