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Is that true or did the Clinton administration just look the other way? Regardless, it should have been blocked on anti-trust grounds, and subject to approval f
by js2 6y ago
Is that true or did the Clinton administration just look the other way? Regardless, it should have been blocked on anti-trust grounds, and subject to approval from Congress. At least, Ralph Nader thought so:
https://nader.org/1997/01/02/boeing-mcdonnell-douglas-merger/ https://nader.org/1997/01/02/boeing-mcdonnell-douglas-merger...
- WalterBright 6y agoNader is a lawyer and activist, and has no experience running any sort of organization or company, and has no engineering training. His opinion is of little to no value here.
- CPLX 6y agoDeciding if two companies should be allowed to merge is a matter of law and public policy, not engineering.
- dotancohen 6y agoAnd yet, those are two companies steeped in engineering. One cannot decide, or even understand, the consequences of merging two engineering firms if they know nothing of engineering. Should the Ministery of Agriculture know nothing of agriculture?
- CPLX 6y agoOf course you can understand the consequences. I don’t need to know how to drill for oil to know that Standard Oil was a monopolistic trust.