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FTC fit to its purpose: responding to Kovacic’s market investigation proposal

Fall 2020, Volume 1, Number 2

The U.S. antitrust agencies function as law enforcers and competition advocates. Giving the Federal Trade Commission market investigation and remedy powers like those of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority would transform the FTC into a market regulator. This kind of authority would be a poor fit for the FTC, given the very different history […]

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