Do You Think the Market Place Has Singularly Failed to Control the Development of Gigantic Monopolistic Companies?

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I think the market place has singularly failed to control the development of gigantic monopolistic companies. So and i think that lina khan's appointment to the federal trade commission is a recognition that this is a fundamental problem that government has got to address. You're taking on some very, very powerful forces, as we've seenour recent discussions of legislation. But both in the united states and in the european union, there is a growing recognition of the necessity to control monopolistic tec companies.

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