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Antitrust laws reflect the economic harm caused by a [[monopoly]]. Antitrust laws aim to stop abuses of market power by big companies and, sometimes, to prevent corporate mergers and acquisitions that would create or strengthen a monopolist. There have been big differences in antitrust policies both among countries and within the same country over time. This has reflected different ideas about what constitutes a monopoly and, where there is one, what sorts of behavior are abusive.
Antitrust laws reflect the economic harm caused by a [[monopoly]]. Antitrust laws aim to stop abuses of market power by big companies and, sometimes, to prevent corporate mergers and acquisitions that would create or strengthen a monopolist. There have been big differences in antitrust policies both among countries and within the same country over time. This has reflected different ideas about what constitutes a monopoly and, where there is one, what sorts of behavior are abusive.
[[Image:Atrust1911.jpg|thumb|350px|Attorney General Wickersham attacks the trusts in 1911, ''Puck'' cartoon Oct 18, 1911]]
== Antitrust law in the U.S ==
== Antitrust law in the U.S ==