On March 2, 1974, a group of antitrust scholars met at the Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia, and changed the consensus position on antitrust policy in the United States. "The Day Antitrust Died?" is a special feature of the Ipse Dixit podcast, examining that historical moment. In this episode, we interview Frederic M. Scherer, Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair, Emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 1974, Scherer had just left the International Institute of Management, Science Center Berlin and was about to become the director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics. He describes his experiences at the Airlie House Conference, how it affected his antitrust scholarship, and its broader effect on antitrust policy.

Keywords: Business and Government Policy, Law and Legal Institutions, Science¸ Technology and Public Policy

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