Ep. 1121 The Mundane Truth About the Sherman Antitrust Act
The Tom Woods Show
English - March 26, 2018 20:50 - 25 minutes - 20.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratingsNews Government economics politics libertarian Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Here's how we learn about so-called landmark legislation in school: your wise public servants identified a problem, and then put their heads together in a disinterested, dispassionate way to solve it, and improve life for everyone. In fact, the real roots of legislation often turn out to be far more mundane. The Sherman Antitrust Act, as Patrick Newman explains, is one such example.