I've been reading The Economist's Hour by Binyamin Applebaum[1], which presents the dramatic changes of antitrust interpretation in some depth. Recommended read

I've been reading The Economist's Hour by Binyamin Applebaum[1], which presents the dramatic changes of antitrust interpretation in some depth. Recommended read btw. Bork credited Aaron Director, one of the first generation of the Chicago School and Friedman's brother in law, as his main influence. So making the consumer and efficiency the focus can be considered an early casualty of the wave of neoliberal deregulation we've been living with for decades. Of course what is not considered is impact on workers, innovation, political power, market etc. Essentially it's hollowed out to benefit large business. [1] https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/08/31/when-economists-ruled-the-world https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/08/31/when-eco...