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Antitrust populists claimed blocking the Spirit–JetBlue merger would protect competition and consumers. But their effort led to an intervention that strengthened the very oligopoly they set out to fight.

Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-antitrust-populists-drove-spirit-airlines-out-business

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