3 ms·Its more profitable to extract rent than it is to innovate, if you are a near-monopoly triply so.by throwaway2048 6y agoIts more profitable to extract rent than it is to innovate, if you are a near-monopoly triply so.jmnicolas 6y agoYeah but when you don't maintain the house sooner or later you have a ruin from which you can't extract rent.Phrenzy 6y agoBut you can always sell the house with the profits and buy a bigger house.