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Renewed anti-trust is an interesting experiment. I don't what the consequences will be, but I am excited to find out! If a nothing else, I want people to think
by Ericson2314 3y ago
Renewed anti-trust is an interesting experiment. I don't what the consequences will be, but I am excited to find out!
If a nothing else, I want people to think "we should try more policy experiments to become wiser" rather than "oh no, effect uncertain, better stick with status quo".
- gunapologist99 3y agoHow is this an experiment? Don't we remember Standard Oil, AT&T, DOJ vs MS, etc?
- __loam 3y agoYeah it's more like the regulators are trying to do their jobs again after decades of the failed hands off approach.
- el-dude-arino 3y ago[flagged]
- altairprime 3y agoPeople don’t remember cassette tapes, much less robber barons and monopoly breakups of the 20th century.
- locallost 3y agoRenewed anti-trust. It hasn't been enforced in a long time.
- Ericson2314 3y agoThe experiment is quickly varying the policy. Trying to compare n=1 decades apart, in the century that saw the greatest change in human history (so far), is a cool intellectual exercise but not simple-stupid enough to be empirical.
- stjohnswarts 3y agoI think on average, more competition is better for consumers than all these massive oligopolies. I doubt it is for stockholders, though, especially those who want to ditch the stock soon.