Cato Podcast

Will Consumer Welfare Cease to Guide Corporate Mergers?

Aug 15, 2023
Exploration of replacing consumer welfare standard for corporate mergers; New merger guidelines' impact on determining allowed mergers; Criticism of consumer welfare standard by Lena Khan; Disciplining force of new players in antitrust cases; Efficiency and consumer benefit of mergers and acquisitions; Shifting standards and power of federal agencies.
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