There is no doubt that hostility toward big business – at that time an unfamiliar from of enterprise – motivated the passage of the Sherman act. From this point of departure, critics of the antitrust laws sometimes assert that the antitrust laws have served to protect small business from the competition of rivals. Despite a few statements in debate that indicate concern for the fate of the individual competitor, the consensus in that the protection of small forms was not among the original goals of the Sherman act. (more…)
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