In this article, Steven Tenn describes the FTC’s approach in a recent litigation, FTC v. Advocate Health Care Network, where the FTC successfully challenged a proposed merger of two healthcare systems with hospitals in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He discusses the case from his perspective as the FTC’s economic expert in that matter.
Trends in competition in the United States: what does the evidence show?
Has the United States economy become less competitive in recent decades? One might think so based on a body of research that has rapidly become influential for...