Chapter Outline
11.1 History of Antitrust Law
11.2 Antitrust Laws
Introduction
Learning Outcome
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Analyze the tenets of antitrust laws in the United States.
11.1
History of Antitrust Law
What if the two largest manufacturers of soft drinks, Coca Cola Co. and PepsiCo, merged? It is likely that the
mega-company that resulted would dominate the soft drink industry, squeezing out all of the other smaller
competitors.
Figure 11.1 (Credit: witwiccan/ pixabay/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))
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Antitrust Law