Economist: Markets work most efficiently without any government interference, since competition increases in free markets  Government regulation will never achieve its intended goal, since the most sophisticated corporations will always be able to game the system at the expense of the start-ups that are necessary to spur growth  Competition between corporations also forces those entities to self-regulate and it protects the interests of consumers  Politician: Unregulated markets are ripe for abuse  Under the current regulatory scheme, a handful of corporations dominate the marketplace  Vertical integration, under the umbrella of a larger corporation, expands a single corporation' s power across multiple economic sectors
We need to increase regulations to disrupt this integration and allow start-ups to compete on a level playing field
Corporations cannot be trusted to act in consumers' best interest.