The purpose of this research paper is to examine the history of anti-trust law and discuss market concentration in the United States economy. The paper should discuss the following main prompts at a minimum.

• Major anti-trust laws passed and their main points.
  • What are some major historical cases
• How markets become more concentrated (types of mergers)
• How market concentration is measured and the trends in concentration since the 1990s
  • Which markets have concentrated faster and why
• What the consumer welfare standard of anti-trust is and its evolution
  • How does this make big tech (Amazon, Facebook, Twitter harder to regulate)
• What are the implications for employees and consumers when markets become highly concentrated