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Can you provide some links to anything that supports that? Her antitrust philosophy is built on a hostility to business success as such so I don’t see why she would have any positive disposition to smaller businesses.

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There are lots of different views about the goals of antitrust law and policy, but few (if any) are hostile to business. Khan is pro-business but also, broadly speaking, pro-dispersion of economic power within the economy. That means having fewer 'gatekeeper' firms which exercise power over key economic bottlenecks, and at the same time, a greater focus on helping smaller and medium sized businesses succeed.

For a concrete reference regarding small business, see this recent speech of hers [1,2].

[1] https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/remarks-chair-k... [2] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/speeches/remarks-chair-...

The most recent NPR planet money podcast played their first episode on Ida Tarbell and Standard Oil, the old Bork episode on changing antitrust law enforcement then followed up with a half hour interview with Khan. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money There’s arguments she makes for fair competition and for monopolies being capable of making anti consumer marketplace decisions. I assume that you are not saying there should not be anti trust or anti monopoly laws, that’s a different argument I think. She doesn’t say anything like what you are claiming here.

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