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There's a long way to go and it's not very clear who will prevail. In general in US jurisprudence, "consumer welfare" is the key consideration in antitrust over
by sfifs 6y ago
There's a long way to go and it's not very clear who will prevail. In general in US jurisprudence, "consumer welfare" is the key consideration in antitrust over the last few decades and monopolization and vertical integration are not considered problems unless there is consumer harm due to it. This is different from how antitrust is looked at pretty much anywhere else in the world ( and i personally think its preferable).
This book [1] has been very influential in influencing the approach.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox