How Antitrust Populists Drove Spirit Airlines Out of Business

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05/06/2026 Connor O'Keeffe

Antitrust populists claimed blocking the Spirit–JetBlue merger would protect competition and consumers. But their effort led to an intervention that strengthened the very oligopoly they set out to fight.

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