Why Joe Biden’s trustbusters have fallen short of their ambitions
Blame flawed leadership and competing priorities
AMERICA’S TOP trustbusters mean to make their policing presence felt. Lawyers, bankers and financiers now “recognise that there are cops on the beat…that we’re vigorously looking to protect the American public from illegal mergers,” says Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which enforces consumer-protection and competition laws.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The competition cops”
United States June 24th 2023
- Why Joe Biden’s trustbusters have fallen short of their ambitions
- Pain and pride around a vital American highway
- As response rates decline, the risk of polling errors rises
- Hunter Biden’s plea bargain will not stop Republicans chasing him
- Nearly all Louisiana’s death-row inmates have filed for clemency
- One year after Dobbs, America’s pro-life movement is in flux
- Why the multiverse is eating popular culture
From the June 24th 2023 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from United States
Pam Bondi seems like a relatively safe pair of hands
But is America’s next attorney-general an independent operator?
Checks and Balance newsletter: Joe Biden’s farewell shot at the oligarchy
The outgoing president warns of a new “tech-industrial complex”
A protest against America’s TikTok ban is mired in contradiction
Another Chinese app is not the alternative some young Americans think it is
Joe Biden wound up serving Donald Trump
In some ways, his administration will look less like an interregnum than like MAGA-lite
How bad will the smoke be for Angelenos’ health?
Expect more sickness and disrupted schooling
Should you have to prove your age before watching porn?
America’s Supreme Court weighs a Texan law aimed at protecting kids