EDITORIAL: Government stifles competition
Wider participation in the economy is prevented, say the retail, health-care and data markets
29 November 2019 - 05:09
We wrote in praise this week of the Competition Commission’s recommendation that exclusive lease agreements between grocery retail chains and mall owners should come to an end immediately as they are damaging and inherently anticompetitive.
What we did not write about is the government’s destructive role in stifling competition and wider participation in the economy, the common thread running through recommendations of at least three major inquiries in the grocery retail, private health-care and internet-data markets. ..
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