Land Monopoly
“There are two types of ethically invalid land titles: “feudalism,” in which there is continuing aggression by titleholders of la
Monopoly and Competition
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Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to hea
Plenty by Competition
If Smith is the only cobbler in town, and we are unacquainted with the workmanship of cobblers in other towns, how can we judge his skill?
Monopoly Dentistry
As Mises showed, occupational licensing must lead to a decrease in supply, monopolistic conditions, and thus a lessening of competition.
USPS: The Cursed Carriers
It's pathetic that a government-enforced monopoly continues to lose money.
Disintegration of the Fur Monopoly
Within a decade of the Puritans’ arrival in Massachusetts, the Plymouth fur trade had virtually disappeared. How did this happen?
Competition and the Economists
Later economists messed everything up: narrowing the definition of "competition" and broadening that of "monopoly."
The Example of the Strike
The problem of the influence of power on prices as such has hitherto been only scantily treated, and never in a systematic manner, in economic theory.
Who Are the Monopolists?
There is no evidence that a market system will bring about a tendency toward monopolistic growth; the state does that.
Where Google Gets Its Power
If you disagree with how Google runs its incredibly popular search engine, don't patronize it. There is no need for paternalistic bureaucrats to intervene in such a simple matter. Also, why wouldn't Google show preferential treatment to its other business ventures on its own search engine?
