"Peter da Silva" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> You know, the really strong antitrust tradition started with the
breakup
> of US Steel... and not too long after that breakup, the resulting
companies
> were worth a lot more than the old US Steel had been.

Just to keep the record straight, it was Standard Oil that was broken up
and whose offspring brought increased value - US Steel "won" its
antitrust suit and was not broken up and subsequently lost market share.

And I have personally never seen any legitimate evidence that government
economic diktats, taken as a whole, have brought any net increase in
value to society.

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