Google embodies, not exploits, America’s competitive spirit
Google has not conducted its business in violation of historic antitrust standards. On the contrary, it has embraced America’s legacy of business competition.
Antitrust Law: Politicizing Not the Answer
Tomorrow, Senator Mike Lee will host a hearing of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy & Consumer Rights. The purpose of the meeting is “Stacking the Tech: Has Google Harmed Competition in Online...
Why are local governments competing with private business?
If true demand for any of these recreation or entertainment activities actually exists, then private providers most often will respond if given the opportunity.
SB108: Protecting Birthing Centers from Protectionist Prohibitions
This bill passed the Senate 24-2 and passed the House 62-4. Libertas Institute supports this bill. At present hospitals are able to shield themselves from competition by birthing centers, operated by midwives, by denying them the...
Should Governments Run Power Plants?
By Ben Porter The story of the Kaysville power plant Kaysville is a mid-sized city with a population around 28,000 that sits in the heart of Davis County, Utah. Along with 22 other municipal purchasers in Utah, six purchasers...
What Privatization Is and Is Not
The newly constituted and funded Free Market Protection and Privatization Board met this past week, still figuring out the best path forward to fulfill its mission. That mission, adopted by the board in Friday’s meeting, is...