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by spuiszis 3218 days ago
How so? From an Anti-Trust perspective, the FTC recently blocked the Walgreens/Rite-Aid[1] and FanDuel/DraftKings[2] deals. I'm not sure this deal is anti-competitive and certainly doesn't come off as anti-consumer to me.

However, as it relates to the FTC, I am concerned with the increasing size of Fortune 100/500 companies [3] and their relationship to the decline in entrepreneurship in the United States [4]. The biggest companies are getting bigger and growing faster than ever and the FTC affects that by reviewing M&A activity.

[1] http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/walgreens-rite-aid-merger-ftc/

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2017/06/19/ftc-fi...

[3] https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/big-business-is-getting-...

[4] https://www.inc.com/magazine/201505/leigh-buchanan/the-vanis...