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Mergers 1996

NPR

Published December 30, 1996 at 12:00 AM EST

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Linda talks with Michael Mandel, Economics Editor for Business Week Magazine and the author of High Risk Society: Peril & Promise in the New Economy . They discuss how 1996 was a record year for mergers, and they talks about the pros and cons of having a highly concentrated marketplace for certain goods and services.