Jerry Cayford

Jerry Cayford is a policy analyst, particularly interested in antitrust and ranked choice voting, and a philosopher, particularly interested in Wittgenstein. He writes regularly, on many topics, for the website 3 Quarks Daily.

A Misreading of Procter & Gamble Has Long Hampered Antitrust Enforcement

In his recent article, John Kwoka accepts the antitrust community’s general opinion that Procter & Gamble requires courts and the antitrust agencies to weigh plaintiff rebuttals that a merger can produce extraordinary efficiencies even if it reduces competition. Jerry Cayford argues that this is an inaccurate reading of the Supreme Court’s decision, and it has hampered enforcement for decades.

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