He has also sent out important signals to the business community, such as his intention to strengthen the country's woefully inadequate anti-monopoly legislation.
TOUGH new anti-monopoly legislation in Mexico got off to a strong start on July 8th when América Móvil, the telecoms empire owned by the country's most powerful businessman, Carlos Slim, unexpectedly said it would sell part of its business.
This would put an end to the inefficiency of the anti-trust regulatory bodies, which would properly enforce anti-monopoly legislation and curb Mr Peevski's hold over large swathes of the media.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, started her career as chief of staff to Larry Summers when he was treasury secretary.The backlashThe age of the robber barons led inexorably to the age of populist revolt, with mass strikes, anti-monopoly legislation, social reforms and, eventually, the New Deal of the 1930s.
China's decision on March 18th to use anti-monopoly legislation to block Coca-Cola's $2.4 billion bid for Huiyuan, a Chinese juice manufacturer, will be seen as evidence of this by some in America (see article).This self-assurance was on show, too, during a visit to Latin America by Vice-President Xi Jinping in February.
This atmosphere of suspicion, fear and cowardice (allegorically reflected in High Noon) was exacerbated by the spread of TV, eroding the popular core audience, and by the effect of anti-monopoly legislation that compelled the big studios to divest themselves of their cinema chains.
He also opposes plans for English MPs to have an absolute monopoly over English legislation, saying "an English Parliament would be unnecessarily disruptive to the Union.
But in today's speech to a forum of elderly people at Florida State University, Mr. Gore expanded his criticism, saying he would veto any legislation extending monopoly patents for prescription drugs.
Legislation against monopolies appeared in 1958 and has been criticized as ineffective.
It reminds us of Steve Ballmer claiming that Microsoft was all about choice… Legislation on monopolies is above my pay grade, but perceptions such as the one eloquently put forth by Bill Gurley have become pervasive.
We cannot adopt legislation against monopolies and cartels within the European Union, and then at the same time allow such cartels and monopolies at international level and offer them stability.
