Antitrust action also faces a public choice problem in that regulators often exercise their powers to promote their own preferred policy positions. This dynamic leads to intense lobbying by regulated entities both for relief from regulation and for the benefits of barriers to entry that limit competition from potential rivals. The Competitive Enterprise Institutes advocates abolishing antitrust law, removing remaining government monopolies, and preventing the creation of new ones.
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National Review
Antitrust Litigation Usually Causes More Harm Than Good. Big Tech Is No Different
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Blog
Proposed European Tech Regulations Will Backfire, Badly
The European Union recently proposed two major tech regulation bills aimed at America’s tech industry, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital…
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Financial Times
Google Antitrust Case Shows the Flaws in Competition Regulation
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News Release
DOJ Suit Against Google Seeks to Expand Antitrust Standard Beyond Consumer Harm
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The House Judiciary’s Antitrust Reports and Predatory Pricing
It is human nature to fear what we do not understand. And if there is anything politicians do not understand, it is markets. This is…
National Review
Don’t Change Antitrust Law to Undermine Tech Companies and Consumers
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Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Against Nationalizing 5G
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Forbes
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Richard Morrison
Research Fellow
- Antitrust
- Business and Government
- Capitalism and Free Enterprise

Iain Murray
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- Consumer Freedom
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Jessica Melugin
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