State Approaches to Concentrated Economic Power

Increasing economic consolidation has led to interest, policy debate, and discussion surrounding antitrust and consumer protection law. A return to first principles in the antitrust world has many in the field questioning the purpose of the antitrust laws and their proper aim. States, for their part, should return to the first principles to ask how our local economies are serving the public interest, and how we can improve. Where our economies fail to serve the public interest, states have sever