Why people recommend it
The Antitrust Paradox by Robert H. Bork is a foundational legal text arguing that antitrust laws should focus almost exclusively on consumer welfare rather than punishing corporate bigness itself. On an episode of Breaking Points in December 2024, the hosts discussed how modern regulatory approaches challenge this consumer welfare standard, which had served as conservative gospel for decades. In February 2017, comedian Nick DiPaolo also mentioned Judge Robert Bork's book on The Joe Rogan Experience, recalling that reading it while living in Los Angeles helped crystallize many of his own economic and political thoughts. Both mentions emphasized the massive ideological influence the book wielded over modern conservative legal and economic philosophy.
Who recommended it
- Nick DiPaolo Discussed
Nick DiPaolo — 1 mention
“well I did it when I was living in La I read uh Robert bour judge bork's book you know and uh it it to me it crystallized a lot of [ __ ] that I was thinking that I go oh my God all this is and but I was living in La at the time”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“What she said on Hasan's show is one of the reasons conservatives don't like her, as Rachel Bard has talked about, is that the consumer welfare standard of Robert Bork was gospel on the right for a long time.”