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5 Problems With Antitrust

5 Problems With Antitrust
“The Bosses of the Senate,” political cartoon by Joseph Keppler (1838–1894), published January 1889. United States Senate Archive
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Just about everyone, left and right, is alarmed by consolidation in industry. This goes for them all: tech, media, medical, communications, and more. For the better part of a century, the go-to solution for reformers has been antitrust. These are actions by the federal government to discern the existence of monopolistic behavior and bring about solutions in the form of breaking up companies.
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]