Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:41:00 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@aa.net> Cc: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why anti-trust law? Message-ID: <20010809184100.A93453@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <rh4rrhno3d.rrh@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@aa.net on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:24:22AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108090854340.17197-100000@pebkac.owp.csus.edu> <rh4rrhno3d.rrh@localhost.localdomain>
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On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:24:22AM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: | Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> writes: | ... | > If | > you reach a point where you have dominance (read: monopoly) in an area, | > then a couple of things kick in that have some do with economics and a lot | > to do with culture. | ... | > One of those areas is the | > condition of where a company has reached a monopoly in the market. | | IIRC, the Feds claim to permit monopoly power, but take action when they | determine that it has been used past some threshold level of detriment | to the Public Good, usually having to do with competition and the free | enterpise of other dealers in the market. One of the claims made was that the government actually helped create the AT&T monopoly, and that the USPS is also a monopoly. I think the second is a poor example, but the first would merit some investigation. jm -- "Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was a frayed wire. The wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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