The view that the antitrust laws should be enforced relatively leniently because of the tendency for monopoly power to erode over time is known as the
A) structuralist view of antitrust.
B) behavioralist view of antitrust.
C) laissez-faire perspective on antitrust.
D) active antitrust perspective.

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The laissez-faire perspective on antitrust holds that markets are self-regulating and that government intervention in the economy should be limited. This view suggests that the antitrust laws should be enforced relatively leniently because monopolies tend to erode over time without government intervention.

The View That the Antitrust Laws Should Be Enforced Relatively