Reactions to the Ruling 2
Reactions to the Ruling 2
Antitrust advocates say that monopolists
threaten the growth, stability, and prosperity our economy has enjoyed in recent
decades.
They attribute most of this prosperity
to small startup firms headed by ambitious entrepreneurs that become runaway
successes (ironically not unlike Microsoft itself). It is just this sort of firm
which would be most threatened by a monopoly, as they represent a possible
future threat with little present power.
Therefore, prosecutors come to the surprising solution that breakup, usually thought to result in instability in the market, might actually accelerate growth, strengthen the economy, and protect the free market.