Scholar and jurist Richard Posner argues,
The protection of small business whatever its intrinsic merit cannot be attained within the framework of antitrust principles and procedures. The small businessman is, in general, helped rather than hurt by monopoly, so unless the antitrust laws are stood completely on their head they are an inapt vehicle (compared, say, to tax preferences) for assisting small business.
Is antitrust law an inappropriate vehicle for protecting small business? Please explain.
Should we protect small business?