The history, nature, and theory of federal competition policy -- Part one of a two-part strategy for understanding antitrust economics -- Part two of the two-part strategy : economic generalizations that pervade modern antitrust -- The all-important concept of market power -- An introduction to Sherman Act (section) 1-- Per se offenses -- The rule of reason and the doctrine of ancillary restraints -- Intermediate analysis : the long struggle to define an abbreviated rule of reason -- One further problem in horizontal cooperation : exchanges of information -- Antitrust and the distribution of goods -- Tying and exclusive contracting -- Proof of conspiracy under Sherman Act (section) 1-- The offense of monopolization -- Attempted monopolization and conspiracy to monopolize -- Antitrust, innovation, and intellectual property -- Price discrimination and the Robinson-Patman Act -- Antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions -- Merger review under Hart-Scott-Rodino -- Institutions and procedures in antitrust -- The scope of antitrust generally -- Antitrust and politics -- Antitrust and the regulated industries -- The labor exemption