Are too many corporate mergers harming consumers? We won't know if we don't check
- Written by Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Australia has an unusually high degree of market concentration. Many industry sectors are dominated by a handful of large companies. ShutterstockCompared with the grand cause of climate change or the pointed self-interest of income tax, competition policy is a decidedly unsexy election issue. So it’s hardly surprising that no party is...
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