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5. The nature of monopoly. (Ely, Outlines of Economics, chapter xii; Seager, Principles of Economics, chapter xxiii.)
6. Causes of trust formation. (Van Hise, Concentration and Control, pages 21-25.)
7. Purposes of trust formation. (Van Hise, Concentration and Control, pages 25-31.)
8. Forms of industrial combination. (Van Hise, Concentration and Control, pages 60-72.)
9. Text of the Sherman anti-trust act. (Ripley, Trusts, Pools and Corporations, pages 484-485; Durand, The Trust Problem, appendix i.)
10. Early Supreme Court decisions relative to the Sherman act. (Ripley, Trusts, Pools and Corporations, pages 506-549.)
11. The Sherman act in actual operation. (Hamilton, Current Economic Problems, pages 433-441.)
12. The "rule of reason." (Ripley, Trusts, Pools and Corporations, pages 606-702.)
13. Difficulty of regulating trusts. (Durand, The Trust Problem, chapter in.)
14. Text of the Federal Trade Commission act. (Durand, The Trust Problem, appendix in.)
15. Relation of the Federal Trade Commission to the courts. (Annals, vol. lxiii, pages 24-36.)
16. Relation of the Federal Trade Commission to our foreign trade. (Annals, vol. lxiii, pages 67-68.)
17. Alleged advantages of trusts. (Durand, The Trust Problem, chapter iv; Van Hise, Concentration and Control, pages 8-21.)
18 Trust regulation in foreign countries. (Van Hise, Concentration and Control, chapter iv.)
19. The history of some one trust, as, for example, the American Sugar Refining Company, the United States Steel Corporation, the American Tobacco Company, or the International Harvester Company. (Consult any available literature.)
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20. What is a reasonable as opposed to an unreasonable restraint of trade?
21. How is it possible to tell when combination has resulted in monopoly?
22. To what extent is the mere size of an industrial organization an indication of monopoly?
23. Does monopoly always result in a higher price being asked for the monopolized article?