Using the example of the Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog rule, explain in a few paragraphs how eliminating competition by legislation destroys productivity.

Such rules reward mediocrity by allowing the ineffective to share in the profits of the motivated. In that way, it destroys any motivation to work harder or produce more. Effectively, the purpose of the Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog Rule was to make Taggart Transcontinental support all the other rail lines. Those companies would make greater profits without having to do