Do We Need More Antitrust Prosecutions?

The Wall Street Journal published an article highlighting the lack of insurance to cover a worst case accident scenario. BNSF's Charlie Rose was mentioned as wanting to set up an insurance fund funded by the railroads, similar to a fund currently set up by nuclear power companies. The four major railroads really have the financial capacity to pay a huge award if something really terrible happened," he says. "I don't think consequences of any conceivable accident could be very large"