This is from CAT 2020 Slot 3. Struggling to connect the ideas around antitrust laws and tech monopolies.?

Question

A. It advocated a conservative approach to antitrust enforcement that espouses faith in efficient markets and voiced suspicion regarding the merits of judicial intervention to correct anticompetitive practices.
B. Many industries have consistently gained market share, the lion’s share - without any official concern; the most successful technology companies have grown into veritable titans, on the premise that they advance ‘public interest’.
C. That the new anticompetitive risks posed by tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, necessitate new legal solutions could be attributed to the dearth of enforcement actions against monopolies and the few cases challenging mergers in the USA.
D. The criterion of ‘consumer welfare standard’ and the principle that antitrust law should serve consumer interests and that it should protect competition rather than individual competitors was an antitrust law introduced by, and named after, the 'Chicago school'.

T Mehta · Accepted Answer

This Para jumble is based on the evolution of antitrust thinking and its current challenges.

Sentence D introduces the Chicago School and its antitrust philosophy
Sentence A explains what this school advocated, especially around market efficiency and limited intervention
Sentence B provides real-world context showing how big firms expanded without scrutiny
Sentence C concludes by stating that these gaps in enforcement now require new legal solutions

This sequence moves logically from origin to policy to consequence to reform. That&rsquo;s why the correct order is D-A-B-C.

Divakshi Arora · Answer

The passage revolves around antitrust law and its relevance to current market dominance by tech giants. Sentence D introduces the topic by talking about the Chicago School&rsquo;s antitrust principles, laying the foundation with terms like "consumer welfare standard." Sentence A expands on this by explaining the Chicago School&rsquo;s conservative approach, which preferred limited government intervention and believed in efficient markets.
Sentence B then shifts the focus to real-world effects, showing how dominant firms like tech giants grew without much opposition due to this hands-off approach. Sentence C builds on that by saying new anticompetitive risks have emerged and legal reform is needed. So the paragraph flows logically from theory (D) to policy (A) to outcomes (B) to need for change (C).
That makes the correct sequence D-A-B-C.