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I don't mean to sound snarky, but I can guarantee you that is a far from conventional view among anyone who has even a whiff of experience in economics.
by greggyb 11y ago
I don't mean to sound snarky, but I can guarantee you that is a far from conventional view among anyone who has even a whiff of experience in economics.
- WalterBright 11y agoMaybe the HN crowd is different, but I never heard otherwise in discussions during the Microsoft anti-trust trial, earlier with IBM, current discussions about Amazon, other large companies, Standard Oil, etc.
- wmf 11y agoAren't those monopolistic companies noteworthy because their monopolies were so exceptional? 99% of companies never get big enough to cause griping about monopoly.
- WalterBright 11y agoA monopoly is always exceptional.