Stephen Tupper of Hammond Suddards Edge fears that making cartels subject to criminal law may be a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

ECONOMIST: Competition policy

Under present and foreseeable circumstances, the Kozyrev proposal also would give an unfair competitive edge in international arms deals to Russian state-owned industries that are not subject to free enterprise forces.

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Mr Schramm, who, as head of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City pays for a lot of research into the subject, argues that America needs to do more to maintain its entrepreneurial edge.

ECONOMIST: Innovation and entrepreneurship