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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Antitrust and Big Business

The Chicken Tycoons vs. the Antitrust Hawks
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/magazine/chicken-industry-antitrust.html
As part of a broader campaign against anticompetitive practices, the Biden administration has taken on the chicken industry. Why have the results been so paltry? 

The Monopolists Fight Back
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-trial-big-tech-lobbying-shows-why-antitrust-enforcement-needed-by-eric-posner-2023-11
With the Google trial having revealed the pervasiveness of anticompetitive behavior in the tech industry, big corporations are turning to Congress to block antitrust agencies from ramping up enforcement efforts after decades of neglect. Now that the industry’s long honeymoon is over, the real struggle is beginning.