COMPETITION AS AN ECONOMIC GOOD
The paper analyses the concept of competition as a protected good. It shows the concepts of a competitive market from the point of view of leading Russian and foreign researchers. With the development of information technology today, the problem of maintaining a high level of competition in the product market becomes very urgent. The article defines exactly what threats to competition in commodity markets exist today in the Russian Federation. The assessment of the current legislation in the field of competition protection is given to achieve the goals of creating a highly competitive market.