, Columnist
No One Is Innocent In The Global Game of Monopoly
Europe shouldn’t be smug about market dominance. It’s not just a Silicon Valley thing.
Big and not so beautiful.
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Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, has a reputation for being one of the world’s most committed trustbusters. From Apple Inc. to Alphabet Inc., the Danish politician has taken on some of the world’s most powerful corporations.
Yet it’s fair to ask whether the EU is really such a shining beacon when it comes to reining in its own companies.