Antitrust

Trust issues? No, this is not a reality TV show. Anti-trust has to do with fair trade and fair commercial practices, as corporations compete to earn a buck, or a billion bucks. Anti-trust refers to the body of laws restricting monopolistic practices that are illegal in today's rock 'em sock 'em robot world of global big business.

There's a body of work, starting with the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 and moving through the Clayton Act a few decades later to a bunch of other acts, like the Federal Trade Commission Act, over the following century or so.

That last one created the FTC, which in theory, enforces antitrust laws in industries opaque to Joe Sixpack. Hi there, insurance industry. We're looking at you.