The Government Can Force a Large Business to Break Up

The government can force a large business to break up into smaller companies if it can show that the business ________________, as it did with the telephone company AT&T and its affiliated regional Bell System companies in the 1980s, through antitrust regulation.

A) has established a monopoly over certain goods or services
B) has regularly engaged in unfair trading practices
C) represents a threat to public safety, due to high pricing for a vital communications service
D) has colluded with other companies in its market to keep prices high