Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

Antitrust is having quite a moment. New competition cases and investigations abound in the United States and around the world, challenging the dominance of tech platforms and other powerful firms. There are numerous legislative changes under consideration. The new Presidential Order on competition1 and other proposals for change all indicate additional changes are coming. But is antitrust also being depicted in popular culture in a way that fairly reflects the law and its current relevance?

More importantly, where can you go for a good movie, TV show, book, or Broadway show about the area of law that has been called the Magna Carta of free enterprise? Pop culture and the depiction of the industrialists of the Gilded Age were an important part of the forces that created state and federal antitrust law in the first place. Pop culture promoted, and personified, the changes in antitrust law and enforcement since the late 19th century. The current movements for change in antitrust will both be a part of pop culture going forward and the product of how antitrust is depicted to the general public.

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