Kaarish Shah Maniar

I am a visiting student at Oxford Department of Politics & International Relations and a Ph.D. Candidate in political theory at Columbia University. My work examines the early modern intellectual history of monopoly by tracing moral-political anti-monopoly arguments and languages, particularly in the thought of Thomas More, Edward Coke, the Levellers, Edmund Burke, and Thomas Paine. Revisiting these thinkers offers various logics that helpfully reframe contemporary debates in oligarchy theory and competition law. 

Prior to doctoral studies, I worked at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. I hold an M.A. and M.Phil. in political science from Columbia University, and an A.B. in government from Georgetown University. My archival work in England is generously funded by the Columbia Center for Political Economy.