๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ โ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ in the US?
What did it mean and has it evaporated? The โ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐โ brand of antitrust populism ("everyday pocket issues for ordinary Americans") was the flag for the new leadership at DOJ and FTC, but has it met reality? Wall Street, corporate lobbyists, Big Tech affirmation and more. Antitrust seems wielded as a tool to fight elite culture wars rather than โpocket issuesโ. And the courts? With Google Search we had a strong liability finding which smashed against the limits of what an individual judge โfeelsโ he can really do to fix vast monopolies. So is antitrust enforcement against digital monopolies futile? We failed in Europe, but what signal does a weak remedy give to global regulators on that path?
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
A frank conversation with Roger Alford, friend and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ Antitrust Division, who was fired by DOJ leadership for having dissented with the HP / Juniper a merger settlement, but remains a loyal Republican and supporter of AAG Gail Slaterโs agenda.
