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Perhaps the reason you have trouble thinking of monopolies that aren't government sanctioned is because anti-trust law already prohibits monopolies from forming
by kiba 15y ago
Perhaps the reason you have trouble thinking of monopolies that aren't government sanctioned is because anti-trust law already prohibits monopolies from forming unless government sanctioned.
I remember anti-trust law being used against smaller companies because lawyers find it easier to persecute than fighting against bigger companies. Even anti-trust regulations can be used to decrease competition.
Sometime it's better to opt for the least worst option rather than opting for a solution that kill the patient.
- nknight 15y agoMicrosoft aside, Standard Oil, Kodak, AT&T, and, well, AT&T-2, off the top of my head. These are/were "smaller companies"? Antitrust claims get tacked on to a lot of lawsuits by overzealous attorneys, but they're usually dismissed out of hand. Serious antitrust litigation is rare, and by definition targets companies that are large in their particular industries.