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Hermit-The-Prog

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19. A monopoly is not like in the board game.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #18)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 09:19 PM

Nov 2023

What is required is "significant and durable market power" -- if you can do pretty much as you please without worrying about the actions of competitors, then you don't really have competition.

The danger of a monopoly is that it can use its power in one market segment to inject itself into another and swallow that, too.

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11 companies that own everything ... [View all] marble falls Nov 2023 OP

Bread, beer and cement enid602 Nov 2023 #1

I only mentioned eleven companies. There's up to seventeen by others' counts ... marble falls Nov 2023 #5

Easy Lookup to see which of our "Representatives" get the most "encouragement" from them? PTL_Mancuso Nov 2023 #8

Yeah, all I could see were consumer products Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #11

When ya see it like that...😱 Deuxcents Nov 2023 #2

And Disney will own them all sarisataka Nov 2023 #3

And then keep raising prices. marble falls Nov 2023 #4

But, of course. peppertree Nov 2023 #7

K&R redqueen Nov 2023 #6

Everything? This is just the food sector, right? ancianita Nov 2023 #9

It appears to be companies with the most business subsidiaries. speak easy Nov 2023 #14

If only the laws against monopolies weren't considered quaint... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #10

Which of these companies have a monopoly and as to what product? onenote Nov 2023 #13

But are any of these actually a monopoly? Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #18

A monopoly is not like in the board game. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #19

$o much junk food and $nack$ and proce$$ed food. IcyPeas Nov 2023 #12

Did these 11 companies pay their fair share in taxes? KS Toronado Nov 2023 #15

Nice use of sarcasm!!! marble falls Nov 2023 #16

Its our duty Cherokee100 Nov 2023 #17