Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|
| 2001-01-01 | Bush and Obama Administrations Cement Bipartisan Chicago School Antitrust Consensus, Approve Historic Consolidation George W. Bush · Barack Obama · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1992-01-02 | Russia Launches 'Shock Therapy' Economic Reforms: Price Liberalization Triggers 2,520% Inflation and Economic Collapse Boris Yeltsin · Yegor Gaidar · Jeffrey Sachs · Harvard University · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1982-06-14 | DOJ Issues Baxter's 1982 Merger Guidelines, Revolutionizing Antitrust Enforcement Toward Corporate Permissiveness William F. Baxter · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1982-02-09 | Reagan Appoints Robert Bork to DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Positioning Antitrust Revolution Author for Supreme Court Robert Bork · Ronald Reagan · DC Circuit Court of Appeals · Federalist Society · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-04-13 | Reagan Appoints William Baxter as Antitrust Chief, Enforcement Collapses as Chicago School Takes Control Ronald Reagan · William F. Baxter · Department of Justice · Stanford Law School · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-01-20 | Reagan Inauguration Begins Antitrust Revolution: Eight Years of Systematic Enforcement Collapse and Corporate Consolidation Ronald Reagan · William F. Baxter · Douglas Ginsburg · Robert Bork · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 1980-07-01 | Carter Signs Motor Carrier Act, Completing Bipartisan Transportation Deregulation Jimmy Carter · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1979-01-01 | Supreme Court Adopts Bork's "Consumer Welfare Standard," Transforming Antitrust Law U.S. Supreme Court · Robert Bork |
| confirmed |
| 1978-01-01 | Robert Bork Publishes "The Antitrust Paradox," Revolutionizing Corporate Power Robert Bork · Aaron Director · University of Chicago · Chicago School of Economics |
| confirmed |
| 1977-06-23 | Supreme Court Decides GTE Sylvania, First Major Chicago School Antitrust Victory U.S. Supreme Court · Aaron Director · Chicago School of Economics |
| confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | Department of Justice Announces Abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement, Adopting Chicago School Critique Department of Justice · Robert Bork · Federal Trade Commission · Chicago School of Economics |
| confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | Milton Friedman Begins Development of "Free to Choose" PBS Series on Free Markets Milton Friedman · Rose Friedman · Bob Chitester · Free to Choose Network |
| confirmed |
| 1974-12-01 | Arthur Laffer Sketches Curve on Napkin with Rumsfeld and Cheney, Creating Supply-Side Icon Arthur Laffer · Jude Wanniski · Donald Rumsfeld · Dick Cheney |
| confirmed |
| 1970-01-01 | John Olin Activates Foundation to Fund Law and Economics Programs at Elite Universities John M. Olin · John M. Olin Foundation · University of Chicago Law School | | confirmed |
| 1962-12-31 | William Volker Fund Closes After Financing Chicago School and Mont Pelerin Society William Volker Fund · Harold Luhnow · Hoover Institution · Institute for Humane Studies · +6 | | confirmed |
| 1947-04-10 | Mont Pelerin Society Founded with Volker Fund Support, Launching International Free-Market Network Friedrich Hayek · Milton Friedman · Ludwig von Mises · William Volker Fund · +4 | | confirmed |