Identify 3 businesses, corporations etc. which you feel most closely fit the definition of a monopoly. Be sure to include the 2 criteria that must be present to have a monopoly.
A monopoly is a firm that is the sole seller of its product and no near alternatives are possible. An unregulated monopoly possesses market power and can affect prices.
Examples: Microsoft and Windows, DeBeers and diamonds, your local natural gas company
Monopolies exist for:
(1) The firm owns a key resource.
Debeers, and diamonds, for example.
(2) The Government grants a company the exclusive right to produce
a good.
Examples include: Proposition 3 on gambling for the slot machine,
patents on new drugs, software and book copyrights.
Some government monopolies result from special interests and corruption, while some increase efficiency by promoting innovation.
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