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Heavyweight-price fight: how to beat global inflation

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Is Antitrust a Good Inflation Fighting Strategy?

There may be merit in looking into slaughter houses, or other concentrated industries. But there's a difference to asking whether the policy is desirable and whether it's a good inflation fighting strategy. For energy prices, i think in europe, governments are in danger of subsidizing into a shortage - not something any nomists would recommend. The busting mechanism that would work here lies with the central banks.

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