When antitrust cases are about complex technical subjects like Microsoft and the market for PC operating systems, or Hughes/Echostar and the market for satellite TV broadcasting, it’s easy just to throw up your hands and assume that the government’s experts must be right. But when an antitrust case is about ice cream, you don’t have to be an expert to form a solid opinion.
Take a look at the Federal Trade Commission’s decision this week to block the proposed merger of Nestl