抛弃反垄断——奥地利学派垄断思想述评

Abolition of Antitrust——Review of Austrian Monopoly Thoughts

奥地利学派主张暂时的垄断是创新之源,没有必要反垄断;无论是价格表现还是垄断动机,执法机构无法辨别谁是垄断者,因此无法执行反垄断;激进的新奥地利学者甚至完全否认市场垄断,政府才是唯一的垄断者。事实上,垄断利润不仅激励着创新动力,也激励着维护垄断、压制对手创新的动力;奥地利学派人类行为研究方法容易滑向不可知论的泥淖。

Austrian scholars hold that antitrust is unnecessary and impossible because temporary monopoly is the resource of innovation and antitrust authority couldn't correctly identify monopolist from market prices or motives.Some radical Austrians even deny the possibility that a monopolist occurs at the market except of the Government itself.In fact,the monopoly profits not only bring a creative incentive but although a incentive to maintain the monopoly position by suppressing opponents' innovations.Austrian school's human action methodology easily slides into agnosticism.