Rarely does a news story address three of my biggest enthusiasms at once, so if I find one I pay close attention. Today’s New York Times reports that the U.S. Justice Department is considering antitrust action against Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors (itself a joint venture between SAB Miller...
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Charles Krakoff
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08-27-2009
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Filed under: China, Brazil, Africa, competition, Asia Pacific, beer, Castel, Molson Coors, SABMille, Narragansett, Interbrew, Anheuser Busch InBev, Eastern Europe, Pabst, brewing industry, Guinness, Latin America, antitrust, Heineken, Diageo
In P.J. O’Rourke’s book Eat the Rich a chapter entitled “How to Make Nothing from Everything” seeks to explain how Tanzania, a country endowed with beautiful beaches, plentiful forests, rich agricultural land, and magnificent wildlife, had contrived by the mid-1990s to become...