By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026Half a century ago, a group of lavishly financed economists from the University of Chicago (the "neoliberals") convinced governments all over the world to completely upend the way they treated monopolies. 19724
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026Up until then, the purpose of competition enforcement was to reduce corporate power, with the understanding that once a corporation became more powerful than the government, it would be impossible to force it to follow *any* rules: pluralistic.net/2022/02/20/w...pluralistic.netWe Should Not Endure a King – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 17916
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026But for the "Chicago Boys," monopolies were evidence of *efficiency*. When you encounter a company with a commanding market share, your first assumption should be that it has taken over its sector by being better than anyone else - you should not assume that the company cheated its way to glory. 17110
