"(...) economic power tends to override political power and define the destiny of nations and peoples. Contemporary economic crises demonstrate this, requiring a constant review of the parameters for controlling free competition and the need to persistently inhibit abuses. The book certainly deals with solutions to these issues of paramount legal and economic importance. But that's not all. After all, these are just a few reasons that demonstrate the importance of reading 'The State and Economic Power: the need for state intervention to guarantee competition'. The reader will certainly be positively surprised to discover many others, even more significant, set out with clarity and vigour in the pages of this important book." (Excerpt from the Presentation of the Book by Egon Bockmann Moreira - Professor of Economic Law at the Faculty of Law and Postgraduate Law Programme at UFPR. Master's and Doctorate in Law. Lawyer. Arbitrator).