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Sheldon Whitehouse: Shouldn't there be some place in government where it is clear that once a monopoly exists, and there's no doubt about…

On the recordOctober 16, 2017
Shouldn't there be some place in government where it is clear that once a monopoly exists, and there's no doubt about that, and it's clear that monopoly rent extraction is being done, nothing related to market pricing.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse questions the lack of government authority to address monopolies and price manipulation.

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