Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Jan Broulík and Katalin Cseres (both University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) -- Part I: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations -- 1. The Challenge of Inequality in the Competition Paradigm -- Juliane Mendelsohn (Free University of Berlin, Germany) -- 2. Competition and Equality: A Republican Account -- Elias Deutscher (University of East Anglia, UK) -- 3. Competition Law and Income Inequality: A Panel Data Econometric Approach -- Amit Zac, Carola Casti, Christopher Decker and Ariel Ezrachi (all University of Oxford, UK) -- Part II: Economic Inequality in Doctrines of Individual Jurisdictions -- 4. Antitrust and Inequality: The History of (In)equality in Competition Law and Its Guide to the Future -- Eleanor M Fox and Philipp Bazenov (both New York University, USA) -- 5. Economic Inequality and EU Competition Law: Abuse of Dominance -- Konstantinos Sidiropoulos (University of Oxford, UK) -- 6. Exploring Legal and Policy Options to Address the Competition-Inequality Nexus: The Case of South Africa -- Firoz Cachalia and Alex Beyleveld (both University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) -- 7. Economic Inequality and Poverty in Competition Law: A Developing Country Perspective -- Barbara Dufková (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) -- Part III: Specific Problems and Markets -- 8. Network Externalities, Income Inequality and the Role of Competition Law -- Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Elisabeth Wielinger (Schima Mayer Starlinger Attorneys-at-Law, Vienna, Austria) -- 9. Can EU and National Competition Law Frameworks and COVID-19 Responses Address Inequalities in the Healthcare Sector? -- Mary Guy (Lancaster University, UK) -- 10. Foregrounding Distributive Justice in the European Union's Antitrust Labour Exemption -- Pascal McDougall (University of Ottawa, Canada).

"The gap between the rich and poor is widening across the globe. This book explores whether this major societal challenge of our time can be addressed by the means of competition law. The primary goal of today's competition law is to ensure that market power does not lead to an inefficient production of goods and services. Nevertheless, even such efficiency-oriented curbing of market power may arguably contribute to the reduction of differences in how much people own and earn. Furthermore, many competition law regimes do take into account distributive considerations too. The chapters investigate the relationship between competition law and economic (in)equality from philosophical, historical, and economic perspectives. Their inquiries concern the conceptual foundations of competition law and doctrinal frameworks of individual jurisdictions, as well as specific problems and markets. As such, the book provides a novel and comprehensive overview of whether and how competition law can contribute to more equality in both developed and developing countries. The book is a must-read for researchers, public officials, judges, and practitioners within the competition law community. It will also appeal to anyone more broadly interested in issues of inequality and economic policy"-- Provided by publisher.

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