There is an inordinate amount of our present economy that is, broadly speaking, anticompetitive.
The government has been mostly disinterested in pursuing antitrust actions for about half a century now, requiring very explicit evidence of very specific forms of price fixing by very unpopular companies to take any action other than blocking the largest of mergers.
Recent political changes over the course of the 2020's have started to change that, and these changes represent significant news relative to the situation for the past couple generations.
The government has been mostly disinterested in pursuing antitrust actions for about half a century now, requiring very explicit evidence of very specific forms of price fixing by very unpopular companies to take any action other than blocking the largest of mergers.
Recent political changes over the course of the 2020's have started to change that, and these changes represent significant news relative to the situation for the past couple generations.