I for one would be devastated if my cordless Dyson was never given the chance, and I wonder what other innovations or advancements may now be lost thanks to a true monopoly obstructing competition in the marketplace – the FTC.
Antitrust & Monopolies
Maximizers and Monopolies, A Benefit to Society
Consumers will choose the best options, or only options, according to their interests and perceptions of value – and companies can either cater to existing needs and wants or create new ones. That is why capitalism is such a beautiful thing, and why the only time monopoly concerns should arise is when government cronyism is involved.
In Defense of Collusion In a Free-Market Under Capitalism
History provides very few actual examples of private firms that are unprotected by government-erected barriers to entry successfully colluding in ways that harm consumers.
Mergers & Acquisitions: The FTC versus the Free-Market
The FTC is placing itself as the primary arbiter when it comes to business transactions, and it is conveying that it can predict what the future holds for innovations and acquisitions. This creates an environment of not only great uncertainty for business, especially now that previous transactions may be revisited and reconsidered, but also great risk for the competitiveness of US firms.
Microsoft-Activision Merger: The FTC Should Answer Its Call of Duty to Gamers
All too often, unscrupulous businesses weaponize the United States’ antitrust laws — which are only supposed to be utilized to protect consumers against higher prices and other consequences of monopoly power — for their own self-serving purposes.
Taylor Swift and the Real Lesson From the Ticketmaster Antitrust Hearings
In a true capitalist system or free market, there would be no antitrust laws.
Big Tech and Monopoly Power: Freedom is a Virtue, Antitrust is a Vice
So, whether it’s Lina Khan at the FTC or Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren in Congress, antitrust advocates should take a hard look in the mirror. The only true monopoly within the US marketplace is where these politicians are fulfilling their posts.
Robert Reich’s Anti-Capitalist Rant Against The Kroger-Albertson Merger
What Robert Reich Gets Wrong about the Kroger-Albertson Merger and What He Misses Completely
Microsoft-Activision Meger: Will Antitrust Undermine the Future of Online Gaming?
The future of gaming won’t be determined by the Microsoft-Activision merger. But it could very well be undermined if the FTC succeeds in blocking the merger.
California Government’s Myopic Antitrust Action Against Amazon
Amazon has made its platform so attractive to third-party merchants that large numbers of them willingly pay a premium in order to continue to use Amazon’s platform.
Political Interference In Big Tech Is A Big Mistake
The aftereffects of antitrust have always been anti-producer, anti-consumer, and anti-progress. Ayn Rand rightly asserted that, “The Antitrust laws—an unenforceable, uncompliable, unjudicable mess of contradictions—have for decades kept American businessmen under a silent, growing reign of terror.”
Antitrust Lawsuit Against PGA is Unfounded
Eleven professional golfers, including Phil Mickelson, have filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the Professional Golf Association (PGA).
Art Laffer: “Antitrust Laws Will Make Inflation Worse”
Laffer pours ice cold water on Amy Klobuchar’s plans for a “hot antitrust summer.”
Big Tech Firms Like Facebook, Amazon, and Google Are Not Monopolies
Meta (Facebook), Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (Google), and other Big Tech companies are not monopolies. They have achieved their dominance through competition. Success through competition is a part of competition.
Americans Oppose Amy Klobuchar’s Assault on Big Tech
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act would erode the consumer welfare standard and move our antitrust model closer to those seen in communist China and parts of Europe.
Only ‘Antitrust’ Policy That’s Needed is Freedom of Entry
Antitrust blocks the competitive process. It does so by substituting the meager knowledge and imaginations of economists, lawyers, courts, bureaucrats, and politicians for the actual, creative head-to-head competition that occurs within markets.
In Biden’s America Market Competition Means Government Control
George Orwell famously coined the term “newspeak” in his 1949 anti-utopian futuristic novel, 1984, in which commonsense words were reversed in their meaning. Biden’s latest executive order provides a modern illustration of “newspeak” in the 21st century.
Free Market Capitalism Is the Best Solution for Big Tech “Monopoly Power” and “Censorship”
The only real monopoly is the government itself or a business given a special privilege by the government.
Ayn Rand, Monopolies, and The “Fallacy of The Package Deal”
We can keep the term “monopoly,” but it should be reserved for describing those government-created and sanctioned dinosaurs like the US Postal Service.
Google is Not a Coercive Monopoly
“Monopoly” means either “the only firm in an industry” or “a firm with explicit, government-granted privileges that prevent other people from competing with it.” Google doesn’t fit the bill.
Why The Government Should Leave Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple Alone
Antitrust legislation is an example of the government’s improper use of political power.
Big Tech Giant “Monopoly” Power is Overhyped
The tales of MySpace, AOL and Yahoo’s fall from glory shows how spectacularly wrong tech analysts can be, and how complex the machinations of a market economy are.
“Hipster Antitrust”: The Assault on Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon
Hipster antitrust taken to its logical extreme involves the government using its power over firms to make them do whatever politicians feel like.
The Bayer Monsanto Merger
Had the government regulators not approved Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, human flourishing would have diminished.