just saw this point repeated 10 minutes ago.

on Tabbarok[http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/03/privatize-the-spectrum.html] saying

"But even if consumer prices did rise the merger is probably still a good idea. It’s long been known that even small cost savings can outweigh losses to consumers from a price increase"

to which Tomasz Wegrzanowski replied: Williamson trade-off model is exactly why people hate economists.

Not once in history of the universe has there been anything benefiting the rich and powerful, for which some economists didn’t make a model showing it’s really in everybody’s best interest.

Cost savings are bullshit, price increases are real.