The Robinson-Patman Act is terrible law. It’s been routinely violated (unknowingly in most cases) for decades across effectively every sector of the economy & enforced vanishingly rarely.

If it were to be enforced uniformly and aggressively it would be devastating: Every negotiation between a supplier and a purchaser at every level is potentially a federal crime!

If it were to be enforced capriciously, it would put unchecked power over everyday commerce—again at every level—into the hands of the FTC and its political masters.

No thanks. Repeal it so we can stop hearing about this “one neat trick to roll back neoliberalism!”