History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0789 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Clayton and the FTC
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The idea
The Clayton Antitrust Act of nineteen fourteen extended the Sherman Act, forbidding interlocking directorates and limiting one corporation's ownership of another's stock.
In practice
The new Federal Trade Commission policing unfair business practices.
Where people slip
The Yawp says only with Clayton did Congress attempt to close the loopholes in earlier antitrust law.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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