Lessons For Competition Law From The Economic Crisis: The Prospect For Antitrust Responses To The “Too-Big-To-Fail” Phenomenon

Authors

Jesse W. W. Markham, Jr.

Keywords

Too-big-to-fail, Antitrust law

Abstract

This article examines whether, and the extent to which, antitrust law could contribute to a broader regulatory effort to control the too-big-to-fail problem. The article begins by exploring the nature of the problem. Against this backdrop, it considers antitrust policy and rules to evaluate whether antitrust might play a meaningful role. The article concludes that antitrust law, if vigorously enforced with an emphasis on avoiding too-big-to-fail problems, can be a useful public policy tool to address the problem. However, it can come nowhere near solving it or preventing recurrences of recent systemic failures.

Recommended Citation

Jesse W. W. Markham, Jr., Lessons For Competition Law From The Economic Crisis: The Prospect For Antitrust Responses To The “Too-Big-To-Fail” Phenomenon, 16 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 261 (2011).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/jcfl/vol16/iss2/2