Antitrust policy is an area of economics pervaded by 'religion'—people hold strong positions regardless of evidence and write pro or con without ever reconciling with what the empirical record shows—even more so than macroeconomics, where at least there is a concerted effort to generate evidence.

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Clifford Winston

Evidence Quote

people still have very strong positions on antitrust policy regardless of the evidence

Source

Clifford Winston on Market Failure and Government Failure 12/28/2009EconTalk
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