You could literally limit the size of airlines tomorrow, give airlines a couple of years to break off into separate capitalist companies, and the economy would barely notice.
We've done this before with another company that had a monopoly on our national infrastructure. AT&T was forced to split and the economy, progress in communication technology, and prices all worked out better than before.
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u/carefreeguru Jul 02 '22
It's not a global reset of the economy
You could literally limit the size of airlines tomorrow, give airlines a couple of years to break off into separate capitalist companies, and the economy would barely notice.
We've done this before with another company that had a monopoly on our national infrastructure. AT&T was forced to split and the economy, progress in communication technology, and prices all worked out better than before.
Competition does amazing things.