Tag results for: antitrust
Opinion | ESG Won’t Stop the FTC
Companies can get creative when they want to fend off a government challenge to an illegal merger. As chair of the Federal Trade Commission, I’ve heard would-be merging...
Opinion | Censorship Is a Consumer Harm
The litmus test for government antitrust actions has traditionally been the consumer-welfare standard developed by Robert Bork: If consolidated market power doesn’t lead to higher prices, consumers haven’t...
Opinion | LIV Long and Prosper? Probably Not
It’s more like the XFL than the American Football League.
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Opinion | Amazon Discovers That Even Paranoids Have Competitors
Former Intel CEO Andy Grove warned in his book “Only the Paranoid Survive” (1988) against the “inertia of success.” It’s what venture capitalists often refer to as a...
Opinion | Break Up the ESG Investing Giants
Three of the largest investment shops in the U.S.—BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street—have long used their dominance in passive-investment funds to force corporations to comply with their preferred...
Opinion | Antitrust Attacks on Private Equity Hurt Consumers
Access to capital and management expertise is essential for fair competition in business. Historically, private-equity firms have played an important role, funding innovation and making U.S. capital markets...
