Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-09-01
Valerie Y. Suslow of University of Michigan reviews “Global Price Fixing” by John M. Connor,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Updated and revised second edition describes and analyzes in depth the origins, operations, and impacts of global cartels in the markets for lysine, citric acid, and vitamins. Discusses the economics of price fixing; anticartel laws and enforcement; the citric acid industry; the citric acid conspiracy; economic impacts of the citric acid cartel; the world lysine industry; the lysine conspiracy; economic effects of the lysine cartel; the global vitamins industries; the vitamins conspiracies; effects of the vitamins cartels; U.S. government prosecutions; antitrust prosecutions outside the United States; the civil suits; the business of fighting cartels; and global price fixing--summing up. Connor is at Purdue University. Index.”