Antitrust as Small‑Business Protectionism

The article argues the New Antitrust Movement (rooted in Barry Lynn’s Cornered) has reshaped progressive economics around proliferating and protecting small business owners, even when that conflicts with efficiency, growth, or labor priorities. It maps the faction’s institutional network (e.g., Open Markets, AELP, Prospect; Warren, Khan, Kanter, Wu) and contends this 'petit‑bourgeois' focus now fills Democrats’ policy vacuum. — This reframes antitrust’s purpose and clarifies left‑of‑center class coalitions, informing debates over whether competition policy should prioritize consumers and workers or small‑firm owners.