Just as the feudal lords of medieval Europe owned all of the land and turned almost everyone else into serfs, who broke their ...

When market concentration is discussed in terms of its role in the US, the word "monopoly" is thrown around as shorthand, but the more accurate approach is homing in on oligopolies, where a small ...

In early United States history, there were no regulations around monopolies even though devastating effects had been seen across the world from other monopolies. Standard Oil and American Tobacco ...

The problem of monopolies is moving back to the forefront of American politics, as mega-mergers like AT&T and Time Warner or Charter and Time Warner Cable are weathering shouts of outrage from ...

Others point to the tendency of US policy to favor larger ISPs ... Since the ILSR published its findings on telecom and cable internet monopolies, Congress portioned $90 billion towards bridging ...

Virtual monopolies exist in almost every healthcare ... Drugs sold in Europe—even ones invented and manufactured in the United States—cost a third to half of what Americans pay for the same ...

We will spend over $650 billion this year for pharmaceutical products that would likely cost us around $100 billion in a free market without patent monopolies. This difference between the patent ...

The measures being considered include "structural requirements” to prevent Google from maintaining its internet search monopoly The US government is considering seeking the break-up of the world ...

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