News Analysis
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposal to break up Google isn’t the best or imminent solution to the company’s control of the search industry, according to some experts.
Americans have an affinity for the free enterprise system, coupled with an affection for democracy that has contributed to U.S. economic prosperity—but not for monopolies, which stifle competition, limit consumer choices, and drive up prices.
That’s why monopolies have been illegal since the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was passed. The act prohibits unfair trade practices that limit or attempt to limit competition and authorizes the DOJ to enforce it….