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Federal Trade Commission’s Call of Duty Maneuver Is Actually a Dereliction of It

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Federal Trade Commission’s Call of Duty Maneuver Is Actually a Dereliction of It
Microsoft logo on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in a photo illustration taken on Jan. 18, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Stephen Moore
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The British antitrust cops just announced they will oppose the proposed blockbuster $68.7 billion merger of two American companies—Microsoft and gaming company Activision Blizzard, the owner of the wildly popular game Call of Duty. This decision is bad news for investors in companies, gamers and workers. But it’s very good news for America’s competitors in Asia and Europe.

Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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