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'In Direct Hit, one of our greatest experts on competition and regulation puts automobile sales under the microscope. And what he shows us is high drama: special interests pulling the levers of power, a thrilling wave of technological innovation, and - at last - a growing movement for change. Don't miss this tour de force from a brilliant writer on a subject that affects us all.' Daniel Francis, New York University School of Law 'Direct Hit is a must read for anyone who has ever had a bad experience haggling for a car. Daniel Crane skillfully lays out how car dealers across the country convinced states to adopt laws that supposedly protected consumers but in practice just protected the dealerships. It took a Goliath - in the form of Elon Musk at the helm of Tesla - to break their stranglehold. Crane's account of how it took an ambitious, hard-charging and wealthy entrepreneur to disrupt laws that hurt consumers is a testament to all that is broken in today's political system.' Kathryn Judge, Columbia Law School

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Daniel A. Crane is the Richard W. Pogue Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, An expert in antitrust law, he has written over 200 books and articles in that field. Since 2014, Professor Crane has been the leading academic voice on the controversies surrounding direct-to-consumer sales of automobiles in the United States.

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