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>The government breaks up monopolies to lower prices. That has happened occasionally (AT&T), but the more usual situation (Standard Oil, Alcoa Aluminum) is tha
by billswift 16y ago
>The government breaks up monopolies to lower prices.
That has happened occasionally (AT&T), but the more usual situation (Standard Oil, Alcoa Aluminum) is that prices go up, which isn't surprising since the main beneficiaries of "anti-monopoly" laws are the competitors who cannot compete with the "monopolist".