Stanford Law School

Reagan Appoints William Baxter as Antitrust Chief, Enforcement Collapses as Chicago School Takes Control

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President Ronald Reagan appointed Stanford Law Professor William F. Baxter as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, marking the formal beginning of antitrust enforcement collapse and the operationalization of Chicago School ideology throughout the federal government. Baxter, a …

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