The Benefits and Limits of Effectuating Progressive Antitrust Policy Through Policy Statements
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The executive branch enforces the law and effectuates antitrust policy through a variety of mechanisms. Two predominant avenues include the targeted use of an enforcement agency’s prosecutorial discretion. The conduct targeted by antitrust agencies is understandably a necessary component of enforcement policy and is perhaps the clearest statement of an administration’s underlying antitrust philosophy. For example, in previous administrations, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) went out of its way not just to avoid prosecuting monopolists but explicitly enforced the antitrust laws against workers seeking to organize their workplaces to enhance their working conditions and increase their pay. In a recent article published in Commonweal, I explained that
The Benefits and Limits of Effectuating Progressive Antitrust Policy Through Policy Statements
The Benefits and Limits of Effectuating…
The Benefits and Limits of Effectuating Progressive Antitrust Policy Through Policy Statements
The executive branch enforces the law and effectuates antitrust policy through a variety of mechanisms. Two predominant avenues include the targeted use of an enforcement agency’s prosecutorial discretion. The conduct targeted by antitrust agencies is understandably a necessary component of enforcement policy and is perhaps the clearest statement of an administration’s underlying antitrust philosophy. For example, in previous administrations, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) went out of its way not just to avoid prosecuting monopolists but explicitly enforced the antitrust laws against workers seeking to organize their workplaces to enhance their working conditions and increase their pay. In a recent article published in Commonweal, I explained that