Banana Trees and Open Competitive Markets

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Sean Heather, Jeremie Waterman, Aug 11, 2008

In preparing to write this piece on the Chinese Antimonopoly Law, one of us was reminded of a recent visit to a botanical garden. Among the collection of meticulously cared for plants was one extremely bent banana tree. The tree was close to 25 feet in length and full of bananas, but rather than standing erect it had arched itself completely over, nearly touching the ground. It looked s