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Sure, there could be some corruption going on, but theres a much more mundane legal reason the DOJ won't bring cases. They often won't prosecute because the cos
by bingdig 6y ago
Sure, there could be some corruption going on, but theres a much more mundane legal reason the DOJ won't bring cases. They often won't prosecute because the costs of losing anti-trust cases are so high, largely because of the way antitrust law is written. When the DOJ brings a case and loses, the agency loses all future power to bring a similar case because precedent is binding, so they only prosecute the most obvious anti-trust violations. As all these conflicting comments in this thread and related articles suggest - an antitrust case against Amazon is quite complex and not your straightforward monopoly or price fixing case.