Jamal Awil

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Neoliberal ideology narrowed antitrust to focus solely on consumer prices. [causal]

The purpose of antitrust law is to maintain competition and limit monopoly power, but neoliberal ideology has narrowly defined the parameters of antitrust to concern only consumer prices, not the broader public interest, and antitrust enforcement has weakened as a result.

XREF: Connects to broader critiques of neoliberal economic policy and regulatory capture. QUESTION: What specific legal rulings or policy shifts codified this narrowing of antitrust scope?

Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, loc. 461