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by coldtea 2516 days ago
>Deregulation never seems to result in more competition

Deregulation won't result in more competition when there are big players that can use their money for advertisement, consolidation, buying smaller competitors, cartels, and so on.

What can result in more competition is regulation that favors competition. Breaking up behemoths after a certain size (a la AT & T) is one good way...