For those who are not conversant with the notion of anti-trust: "Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, has three main elements: �h prohibiting agreements or practices that restrict free trading and competition between business entities. This includes in particular the repression of cartels. �h banning abusive behaviour by a firm dominating a market, or anti- competitive practices that tend to lead to such a dominant position. Practices controlled in this way may include predatory pricing, tying, price gouging, refusal to deal, and many others. �h supervising the mergers and acquisitions of large corporations, including some joint ventures. Transactions that are considered to threaten the competitive process can be prohibited altogether, or approved subject to "remedies" such as an obligation to divest part of the merged business or to offer licences or access to facilities to enable other businesses to continue competing....."
For the rest of this simple overview, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-trust On Nov 24, 12:08 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<And, the very mergers of the auto manufacturers can be seen as being > the antithesis of anti-trust. >> > > Mergers only run afoul of anti-trust laws if they tend to create a > monopolistic environment. As long as a "market" remains, they can and > should be allowed. Since the market is now mostly a global one, it's > reasonable to consider international competitors, rather than merely > domestic. > > The fact that our domestic auto companies aren't making money is a > clear indication that a monopoly doesn't exist. > > On Nov 24, 9:13 am, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "Anti-trust is pretty much irrelevant. There are more auto choices > > than there have ever been." - T > > > On a global scale, you are correct in your statement about more > > choices, at least compared to the recent past. On a domestic scale, > > not so much. And, if one is suggesting that the parts manufacturers > > are not into collusion and price fixing this would be a difficult > > argument to support. And, the very mergers of the auto manufacturers > > can be seen as being the antithesis of anti-trust. In addition, the > > auxiliary industry of oil production is mostly cartel run. So, the > > notion of anti-trust seems to be quite relevant. > > > On Nov 23, 9:10 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <<Not only do the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the days of > > > anti trust protection are long over. >> > > > > Anti-trust is pretty much irrelevant. There are more auto choices > > > than there have ever been.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
