Reviewing antitrust collusion and monopoly studies reveals an absence of positive evidence: government prosecutions (e.g., Microsoft, IBM) cannot be shown to have produced significant price decreases or consumer benefits, which should give pause before launching further large cases such as the Intel investigation.

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Clifford Winston

Evidence Quote

here we have accumulated evidence of sort of the lack of consumer benefit from government prosecution of anti-competitive behavior in monopoly cases

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