Archive for November 10th, 2011
The Italian Way
A message of hope, for our Italian readers.
In Italy, competition experts face promising career prospects:
- Giulanio Amato, once Chairman of the Italian competition authority, twice held the position of Prime Minister – albeit for an ephemeral period;
- Mario Monti, once EU Commissioner for Competition is poised to become the next Italian Prime Minister.
Both of them held professorships in prestigious academic institutions (Amato as a lawyer, Monti as an economist).
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In our small epistemic community, Amato is also known for being the author of Antitrust and the Bounds of Power. Many have praised the book. I have a slightly dissonant view on this book. Sure, it does a good job a casting new light on the history of competition policy. But, the style is often cryptic. It makes the book very hard to read.
