antitrust

I did a few searches before starting this thread, and while there seem to be a few threads in the past it has been several years, so I thought I would start a new general discussion on this topic. I think we have come a long way in antitrust regulation since its inception. An understanding that...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/the-crushing-case-against-antitrust-regulation/ The Crushing Case Against Antitrust: Tom DiLorenzo on The Tom Woods Show http://tomwoods.com/blog/the-crushing-case-against-antitrust-tom-dilorenzo-on-the-tom-woods-show/ Tom Woods (28 October 2014) Tom...

I guess John McCain feels like Congress can run the NFL better than the NFL can... http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/nfl-must-end-tv-blackouts-or-lose-its-antitrust-exemption-senators-warn/

http://news.yahoo.com/court-decides-gay-juror-taken-off-case-095101591.html

The Federal Reserve, IRS, and Amtrak should be sued under Antitrust laws for being monopolies on their perspective functions. They are all threats to the republic and they are all technically private corporations. The government will probably rule in favor of them but it is an idea.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/google-said-to-be-possible-target-of-antitrust-probe-after-ita-acquisition.html Wow..I'm not a huge Google fan..but this is bullshit. How the fuck does Google have a monopoly? How the fuck did Microsoft have a monopoly!? Google responded best "If...

Antitrust Settlement: Visa, MasterCard Payoff for Anti-WikiLeaks Moves? Companies' Legal Woes Vanished Ahead of Move http://news.antiwar.com/2010/12/08/justice-dept-to-settle-antitrust-suit-with-visa-mastercard

http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/382416/bank_of_america__admits_guilt_in_us_antitrust_case/ Just before the bank-related Wikileak is being released! :mad: Coincidence?:rolleyes: :mad::mad::mad: WHO in the Department of Justice, created this outrageous "antitrust corporate leniency...

House Strips Health Insurance Companies of Antitrust Exemption Congress is stymied at approving a sweeping health care reform bill. But that’s not preventing the House has from taking a “piecemeal” approach and passing more narrow, specific health care reform bills. On...

House Bill Would Repeal Health Industry Antitrust Exemptions Democratic Congress members Tom Perriello and Betsy Markey have announced plans to introduce a measure this week to repeal the insurance industry’s exemption from federal antitrust laws. Critics say the McCarran-Ferguson Act of...

Diebold/Premier Election Systems is being purchased by Election Systems & Software (ES&S). According to a Black Box Voting source within the companies, there will be a conference call among key people at the companies within the next couple hours. An ES&S/Diebold-Premier acquisition would...

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/07/fourth-circuit-rules-maryland-liquor.php

From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27441147/ Several of the nation's biggest banks have failed or been absorbed by healthier institutions, leaving three giant "superbanks" with an unprecedented concentration of market power: Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. existing federal...

source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210600373 *sigh* sometimes I think this country will never be fixed.

http://www.polyconomics.com/searchbase/06-12-98.html The world of antitrust is reminiscent of Alice's Wonderland: everything seemingly is, yet apparently isn't, simultaneously. It is a world in which competition is lauded as the basic axiom and guiding principle, yet "too much" competition is...

Someone told me that Ron Paul opposes anti-trust laws. I searched and didn't really find much other than second-hand information. What is his stance on them?