Sentences with phrase «monopolies oligopolies»

Weak antitrust laws enable large corporations to have the power of monopolies oligopolies, though such power actually tends to discourage innovation.

Not exact matches

In fact, I think that in most tech - driven markets we're much more likely to have strong oligopolies, rather than monopolies.

Common examples would be natural monopolies or oligopolies, razor / razorblade businesses, enduring brands, network effects, high switching costs and economies of scale.

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Before the rise of e-commerce, many brick and mortar retailers enjoyed local monopolies or oligopolies based solely on geography.

I hope he knows that except pretending otherwise to please his wealthy friends in Insurance business to make another monopoly and oligopoly business industry for the wealthy.

Though a free market» is said to operate under this dispensation, often there is less competition due to mergers, take - overs, monopolies and oligopolies.

Consolidation hinders competition as it effectively creates monopolies or oligopolies.

Unsurprisingly for someone of his ideological perspective, Martin suggests that the ills of capitalism as it currently exists can be solved by breaking up corporate giants like Google and Facebook — on the grounds that concentrated power is dangerous, and monopolies and oligopolies prevent markets functioning properly.

The main trends I argued against in that essay were the liberal consensus, the persistence of class and the permanence of monopoly and oligopoly.

Topics covered include perfect competition, oligopolies and monopolies, ways of competing in different markets, risk and uncertainty and how businesses seek to minimise the risks.

to go with lessons on monopolies, oligopolies etc...

Topics covered include: - Costs and Economies of Scale - Revenues - Barriers to Entry - Objectives - Monopoly - Price Discrimination - Oligopoly - Game Theory - Monopolistic Competition - Perfect Competition - Influence of the Internet on Perfect Competition - Contestability - Efficiency

The lesson covers theory, examples and tasks for the following market structures; perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopolies, duopolies (not essential, but fascinating) and monopolies.

The opponents of educational choice are attempting to defend the monopoly of the neighborhood school in a nation in which most monopolies and oligopolies (see the phone company, the post office or newspapers) have come under pressure.

Those first 3 chapters were marked by monopoly / oligopoly, where only the anointed and the lucky were chosen to participate and then only to be fed upon by the slew of parasites in the publishing world.

It not only helps in analyzing economic conditions but also studies the social needs under different market structures, namely oligopoly, monopoly, perfect competition, duopoly, etc..

She's looking for artificial monopoly / oligopoly power, not success based on delivering a superior product.

The branch of economics includes demand, supply, equilibrium, consumer demand, production, the cost of production, monopoly, oligopoly, market structure, game theory etc..

Clip: A group of debaters, including former New Republic editor Franklin Foer, describe today's book publishing «oligopoly» versus Amazon's monopoly.

The right response here is: for the state to leave this alone and let the companies involved work out whatever contractual terms they wish, whether agency model, wholesale model, or some hybrid; stop employing antitrust law against even nominally private companies; stop enacting and enforcing laws that give rise to monopoly prices and oligopolies and corporatism and crony capitalism in the first place, such as copyright law, antitrust law, pro-union legislation, minimum wage, taxation in general, inflation and the business cycle, and other business regulations.

I do not believe much in financial cabals, although concerns about monopolies and oligopolies seem quite real to me.

Oligopolies are bad enough; monopolies are much less desirable.

Another issue, is that of a Monopoly / Oligopoly in Canada vs more competition in the US.

This creates a de-facto monopoly / oligopoly where the 2 main carriers of Air Canada and Westjet have relatively immunity on pricing.

Think monopolies and oligopolies.

While gasoline is burned in millions of vehicles, the distribution system remains within the control of a few corporations, which often have regional or national oligopoly or monopoly control.

Who wouldn't like a government guaranteed monopoly or coordinated «regulated» oligopoly?

Special cases include monopoly, Cournot and Bertrand oligopoly and competition in linear supply schedules.

The energy reforms were the capstone in a sweeping effort to break down Mexico's old monopolies and oligopolies and turn the country into an easier place to do business.

Bitcoin is progressing in phases: — decentralised BTC buying and investing in Bitcoin, infrastructure (startups, etc.), — creation of new use cases; for example, micropayments and companies like change tip bitpesa and others, — non-financial blockchain applications — the disruption of payment monopolies and oligopolies.

Not a monopoly but rather an oligopoly.

These organizations have effective political clout that allows its members to operate as monopoly or oligopoly without interference from Ms Aiken «Competition Bureau».