The Problem with Obama's Antitrust Plan
Armentano, Dominick T, The Christian Science Monitor
The Obama administration recently signaled a new, tougher antitrust policy.
The assistant attorney general, a former Federal Trade commissioner, argued last week that "vigorous antitrust enforcement must play a significant role in the government response to economic downturns."
Breaking sharply with the relatively laissez faire antitrust policy under President Bush, Christine Varney hinted that so-called dominant firms that engage in "improper business practices" to stifle their competitors will be likely targets of the new antitrust enforcement. Several key senior aides who worked in the Clinton administration have been recruited to investigate and/or …
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Article title: The Problem with Obama's Antitrust Plan.
Contributors: Armentano, Dominick T - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: May 18, 2009.
Page number: 9.
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