The Future of Antitrust Enforcement

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Antitrust is such a long game. Some of the big tech cases against Google could take years. Bashing big business has become much more of a bipartisan issue than it was. The Republican Party has really changed and its attitudes towards big companies. It's possible on the campaign trail and during the Republican primary that we'll start hearing a lot more attacks on big business.

This week’s court battle involving Microsoft and Activision, giants of tech and gaming, reflects a sea change under way in America’s trustbusting machinery; it may not go as far as the top competition cop might like. A boom in China’s post-pandemic economy now seems to be sputtering (11:29). And a paean to the Tayto crisp—cheese-and-onion flavour, naturally (18:29).

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