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US High School Economics class: US seeks Google divestitures including Chrome sale in search monopoly case

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US seeks Google divestitures including Chrome sale in search monopoly case

  • In what area was Google determined to have an illegal monopoly?

  • What remedies has the US DoJ requested? 

  • How would these proposed remedies remedy the identified illegal monopoly? 

  • In what ways might these remedies harm US consumers?

  • What additional consequences might there be to implementing the DOJ’s requested remedies?

Ariel Slonim at MRU’s Econ in the News

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