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The number of employees in a company doesn't necessarily limit its monopoly power or ability to collude, though. If you tried this, you'd just get companies av
by sevenless 10y ago
The number of employees in a company doesn't necessarily limit its monopoly power or ability to collude, though.
If you tried this, you'd just get companies avoiding the law by working with subsidiaries or contractors, a bit like they do already for different reasons.
- amelius 10y agoCertainly true, but this can be considered a (secondary) side-effect. Law could prohibit this behavior, but can of course never eradicate it. As for your point about monopoly: I don't think it will be very easy to maintain a monopoly if the number of people you employ is limited (because other companies could easily equal that number of employees).
- thecolorblue 10y agoTheir advantage is not the number of people they employ, but the customers they have and the patents/applications/property/reputation they own.