Will sweeping antitrust laws protect small businesses on Amazon? It’s not that simple.
Protecting small-business owners from corporate monopolies is an issue worth championing, but it’s not exactly black and white when it comes to the tech behemoth Amazon.com and its line of AmazonBasics products.
Antitrust legislation will not be a panacea for small-business owners in this case; in fact, it might hurt them, argue John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar Hsing Kenny Chang and Associate Professor Jingchuan Pu in this Op-Ed in The Hill.