Biden administration's antitrust victories are major wins for consumers

“Americans like to think that they have the most dynamic economy the world has ever seen. The data refute such claims.”Competition is what makes markets work (when they do). But firms don’t like competition because it tends to drive down profits. For the typical businessperson, whose objective is reaping gains above the normal return on capital, that is no fun. As Adam Smith observed 250 years ago, “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in ...