Antitrust Tools of the Federal Government
Open Markets Institute director Sally Hubbard explained the antitrust tools that the federal government can use to ensure competition in an industry.
Description
Open Markets Institute director Sally Hubbard explained the antitrust tools that the federal government can use to ensure competition in an industry.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What parts of the government are responsible for antitrust enforcement at the state and federal level?
- What is meant by a merger? What is the process for the federal government blocking a merger?
- What is the process for the government to restrict anticompetitive behavior?
- According to Sally Hubbard, what are problems with the current structure of antitrust enforcement?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Anticompetitive Behavior
- Antitrust
- Clayton Act
- Consumer
- Department Of Justice
- Federal Trade Commission
- Merger
- Monopoly
- Sherman Act
- State Attorneys General
- Unilateral