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99% Invisible
The book argued that antitrust law had mistakenly protected inefficient firms while penalizing successful ones, ultimately harming consumers by driving up prices.
He writes this book called The Antitrust Paradox. And, you know, it is a kind of bestseller, if you will, for a policy book. And it has this incredible influence across the right and even to some degr...
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The book argued that antitrust law had mistakenly protected inefficient firms while penalizing successful ones, ultimately harming consumers by driving up prices.
He writes this book called The Antitrust Paradox. And, you know, it is a kind of bestseller, if you will, for a policy book. And it has this incredible influence across the right and even to some degree among Democrats.
In The Antitrust Paradox, Bork argues that for decades, American antitrust claimed to be about protecting competition and consumers. But in reality, antitrust only protected inefficient companies and punished the successful ones. And this paradox, he said, actually harmed consumers because it led to higher prices.