Germany's Master Plan;

by Joseph Borkin

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368 pages, Hardcover

Published September 9, 2021

About the author

Joseph Borkin was an American economic lawyer and author known for his work on antitrust law and international cartels. Born in New York City, he studied economics at New York University and law at National University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Early in his career, he worked for the U.S. Congress and the Senate investigating corruption in the munitions industry. In 1938, he joined the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division under Thurman Arnold. In 1943, he co-authored the bestselling pamphlet Germany’s Master Plan, a patriotic critique of German and international cartels. This publication, released before similar works by Corwin D. Edwards and Wendell Berge, became a major statement of the Roosevelt-progressive antitrust campaign. Until 1946, Borkin served as chief economist at the Antitrust Division and led investigations into IG Farben’s global operations. After leaving public service, he practiced law and lectured on business ethics at Catholic University of America. In 1978, he published The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben. He also wrote on literature, Freud, and Indonesian language.