Fueled by almost frantic efforts to adjust and adapt in the face of intense inter- national competition, American industry undertook an immense corporate restructuring in the 1980s, partly in the form of corporate mergers and takeovers. The magnitude of these corporate acquisitions, both collectively and in individual cases, has been large.
Corporate Raiders and Junk-Car Dealers: Economics and the Politics of the Merger Controversy
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Edwards, James R. “Corporate Raiders and Junk-Car Dealers: Economics and the Politics of the Merger Controversy.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 9, No. 2 (1990): 95–115.