Regulation should involve making values judgments about what kind of world we want, using metaphors like a gardener pruning species: some decisions prevent blight (monopoly prevention), some are aesthetic (native vs invasive species), some are for native/small business health. Not all regulatory decisions can or should be neutral.

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Ezra Klein

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the way to think about economic regulation and antitrust... is that it is like a gardener who is trying to prune certain species

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We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:41 PM

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