Antitrust laws are the Magna Carta of free enterprise. They are as important to the preservation of economic freedom and our free enterprise system as the Bill of Rights is to the protection of our fundamental personal freedoms.
Melvin Watt: “Antitrust laws are the Magna Carta of free enterprise. They are as important to the preservation of economic freedom and…”
On the recordFebruary 16, 2012
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Mr. Watt emphasizes the significance of antitrust laws in preserving economic freedom.
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