I was thinking about reguIation and anti-trust and was wondering. We know the government isn't to be trusted, that their interests aren't with the people, so what if the idea of reguIation and anti-trust circumvented governmental involvement almost entirely? I'm thinking that the latter could merely act as a mediator, not so much at a legislative capacity.

How would it work?

If some pre-established company, whether it be Walmart or otherwise, starts their own thing next to you, they may not seII the exact same item less than x% you currently are. If there are multiple businesses within the area (how area is defined is important) and x% = 50%, that would be .5^n times. So if there are two, they wouldn't be able to seII it less than 25% than the average of the two. These numbers are arbitrary.

This only applies if you are considered a s maII business (how that's defined could be something like having <y total Ioc ations under your company name) and are self sustained (proven by audit, which might help keep businesses clean) and have been established there for x yrs.

The smaller business would have to notify the company, aforementioned, who would then have <insert amount of time> to comply. If they do not, only then would the government get invoIved.

Note: Just so you all know, I'm a capitalist. That doesn't mean I don't think it can't be updated. I would love to improve my understanding of the economy but haven't yet done so, so forgive my naivete. These are just ideas. I know these things can be misused either way and would like to hear what you guys think, whether it can be improved or whether it's just crap.