Comment by pimlottc
3 hours ago
Note that the author specified a regulatory agency, not a law. Laws are great, but they need strong and vigilant agents to enforce them.
3 hours ago
Note that the author specified a regulatory agency, not a law. Laws are great, but they need strong and vigilant agents to enforce them.
You didn't need a centralized regulatory agency to enforce a law. Even federal laws, if they're written so, can be prosecuted by individual states or even individual persons. Some aspects of antitrust law already work this way.
Doing so can prevent regulatory capture and shelter enforcement from the vicissitudes of politics. It also doesn't require maintaining a government workforce. OTOH, you have to be careful what you ask for. Unless a law is very narrowly tailored then ubiquitous enforcement can have it's own problems, e.g. CEQA.
The Sherman Antitrust Act specifically provides individuals harmed by a monopoly a cause of action to sue in federal court.