我想回顾一下经济学家对于把垄断问题作为公共政策中的一个问题所持的态度。然而本文的主题不仅局限于谢尔曼法和公众对这个法案的反应,还将涉及过去两个世纪中发表的有关垄断政策的经济论著,尤其是英国和美国的论著。随后,我要分析一下经济学家和反托拉斯法之间的相互影响。 I would like to review the economists’ attitude toward using monopoly as a matter of public policy. However, the subject matter of this article is not limited to the Sherman Act and the general public’s response to the bill. It will also deal with the economic monographs published over the past two centuries on monopoly policies, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States. Then I will analyze the interaction between economists and antitrust laws.