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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

Antitrust activity was rare since administrations generally preferred industry-government cooperation (and, during the early New Deal, economic planning and industry codes of fair competition ), over robust antitrust enforcement. 1920s–1930s. 1940s–late-1970s. The government rarely challenged mergers among competitors.