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The Clayton antitrust act differed from the 1890 law in that ____

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It ended harmful monopolies and created the Federal Trade Commission.

Explanation:

  • The 1890 law pertaining to the establishment of trusts and similar businesses secured certain businesses from having market competitors.
  • This gave the businesses the concession to function as monopolies and concentrate wealth and other resources to themselves.
  • The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 opened the market for more players to step in and demolished the monopolies growing in certain business disciplines.
  • The initial 'anticompetitive' nature of the market was brought to an end by the new act.
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