A Top Antitrust Lawyer on How Increased Competition Could Fight Inflation
Odd Lots
Bloomberg
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
When people think about tools to fight inflation, usually things like taxes or monetary policy come to mind. But lately there’s been more discussion about corporate power (particularly concentrated corporate power) as a source of higher prices. So what can the government actually do? On this episode, we speak with Craig Seebald, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, and leader of the firm’s antitrust group, to understand how the law in this space gets applied.
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| 0:57.6 | I'm Tracy Alloway. |
| 0:59.6 | And I'm Joe Wasinthal. |
| 1:01.4 | Joe, have I ever told you my favorite conspiracy theory? |
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| 1:11.6 | I don't know what it is, however. |
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| 1:15.1 | But my favorite conspiracy theory is a favorite. |
| 1:17.7 | Does it have something to do with a silver price suppression? |
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