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More regulation yields more profits for large firms while crushing small ones: Study

By Timothy P. Carney
Published May 18, 2023 8:42pm ET
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More regulation yields more profits for large firms while crushing small ones: Study
President Barack Obama signs a bill, Friday, July 31, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. | (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)


The economy of the United States has become more consolidated and more regulated over the past generation, and it turns out that regulation is a leading cause of the consolidation.

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