Top DOJ antitrust official has sympathy for the liberal 'hipster antitrust' movement

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Top Department of Justice antitrust Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim has praise for liberal anti-monopoly activists for making the case that antitrust enforcement isn’t limited to considering only consumer welfare and the price of goods and services.

Delrahim said that the debate within antitrust legal circles generated by liberal “New Brandeis School” antitrust activists, also known as the “hipster antitrust” movement, has brought antitrust law — laws that promote competition and limit monopolies — into mainstream politics.

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