Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis

Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis


Timothy Muris: The 'Big Is Bad' Approach to Antitrust

August 15, 2023

In the early 20th century, the idea that "big is bad" drove a muscular federal antitrust policy that viewed large corporations with suspicion. Then, in the 1980s, the Federal Trade Commission began to incorporate the lessons of economics, considering the