About this episode

The episode discusses how antitrust populists' actions against the Spirit–JetBlue merger inadvertently strengthened the airline oligopoly.

Antitrust populists claimed blocking the Spirit–JetBlue merger would protect competition and consumers. But their effort led to an intervention that strengthened the very oligopoly they set out to fight. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-antitrust-populists-drove-spirit-airlines-out-business 2026 is the Year of Rothbard—Murray's 100th birthday—and we're celebrating by giving away free copies of Anatomy of the State through May 31. Grab yours today at https://mises.org/gabfreebook Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

People in this episode

Host: Mises Institute

Topics covered

• antitrust
• mergers
• competition
• oligopoly
• consumer protection

Keywords

• antitrust
• Spirit Airlines
• JetBlue
• merger
• competition
• oligopoly
• consumer protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Airlines, JetBlue

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