Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2-25-2008
Abstract
Privacy and antitrust? Isn't antitrust only supposed to be concerned with price? Well, no. Antitrust is actually about consumer choice, and price is only one type of choice. The ultimate purpose of the antitrust laws is to help ensure that the free market will bring to consumers everything they want from competition. This starts with competitive prices, of course, but consumers also want an optimal level of variety, innovation, quality, and other forms of non-price competition. Including, in the Google-Doubleclick and Microsoft-Yahoo transactions, privacy protection.
Recommended Citation
The Microsoft-Yahoo Merger: Yes, Privacy is an Antitrust Concern, 714 FTC:WATCH 9, February 25, 2008
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