We shouldn’t fetishize small business and we should also enforce antitrust more effectively. These don’t have to be conflicting views
I’m sort of a class traitor, as a small business person, but I really do think the idea that everyone should own a little business is bad - for one thing, I suspect asset ownership and status as an employer is connected to more conservative views
And for whatever reason, they do seem less likely to be unionized, and harder (at least politically) to regulate (see all the exemptions in the ACA for small businesses).
All of that is perfectly consistent with making sure antitrust is enforced better than it has been over the last 30-40 years. I think an ideal situation is one where firms are able to get to a size where they can take advantage of economies of scale but not prevent new firm entry
We should have a higher rate of small business formation (a good welfare state will probably help!), but also we shouldn’t coddle small businesses with regulatory exemptions and lower wages, and should push them to fail faster if they aren’t efficient
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