Sorry to disappoint you, but this is what I actually believe. I am not playing devils advocate. Economists do get it wrong. If you think this will reduce con

Sorry to disappoint you, but this is what I actually believe. I am not playing devils advocate. Economists do get it wrong. If you think this will reduce consumer welfare (which is one of the standards used to judge mergers), tell me how. I see no reason to block the merger on the grounds that Amazon is a trillion dollar company, rather than a 900 or 800 or whatever billion dollar company. Amazon is not 4% of the US economy, btw.