Aaron Director

Supreme Court Decides GTE Sylvania, First Major Chicago School Antitrust Victory

1977-06-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Supreme Court decides Continental Television, Inc. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc., marking the first significant victory for Chicago School antitrust theory at the Supreme Court and signaling the beginning of judicial embrace of corporate-friendly antitrust doctrine. The decision reflects decades of …

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William Volker Fund Closes After Financing Chicago School and Mont Pelerin Society

1962-12-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The William Volker Fund closes after serving as the primary libertarian organization with significant funding throughout the 1940s-1950s, having played a key role in developing the modern libertarian movement by financing the Chicago School of economics, the Mont Pelerin Society, and free-market …

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