Barry Shein writes:
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
>Monopolies are a chimera, a myth. Almost all monopolies that last for
>more than a couple of years have been the result of government
>regulation preventing market entry -- AT&T being a shining
>example.It is disingenuous to claim that monopolies are a myth merely because
they haven't existed in recent history.
I'm arguing that they haven't ever really existed, except with
government intervention to create them.
Pick a point where you claim they have existed and an example or two
of a lasting monopoly and we can talk.
Would you claim there have been no anti-monopoly or anti-trust actions
ever (successfully) prosecuted under Taft-Hartley?
Would you claim that there have never been successful prosecutions for
witchcraft?
Perry