14 Monopolies Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
American Monopolies
According to Webster , to have a monopoly is to have exclusive ownership, possession, or control. The following essay is an examination of Microsoft in comparison to this definition and another commonly known monopoly, Standard Oil. Also attention will be given to the necessary role of and problems ....
Characteristics of a healthy economy
10 Characteristics of a healthy and unhealthy economy
5 Characteristics of Keynes macroeconomic principles
In order to have a healthy long-term economy there are many characteristics that can be considered for example: probably the most influential characteristic is the unemployment rate. ....
Competition policy, at both national and supra-national levels
Within this essay I will look at the underlying reasons that justify competition policy. I will assess why competition policy is desirable and what happens to markets when there is no policy? Also what are the implications of having competition policy and who benefits from it? I will also criticall....
Cyber-Communism: The New Threat in the New Millennium
My expedition into cyber-communism began when I read Brock Meeks' "Hackers Stumble Toward Legitimacy"[1]. The article addressed a recent hackers' convention. Interestingly, the keynote speaker was Eric Boucher[2] (alias Jello Biafra[3]), a rock star with no technical background. Numerous question....
Forms of Industrial Organization
Running head: FORMS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Forms of Industrial Organization
University of Phoenix
MBA 501
Facilitator: Mr. Charles J. Fanning
July 2, 2007
Week Three
Forms of Industrial Organization
Introduction
Economists group industries into market struct....
Gilded Age and Monopolies
"The Gilded Age" is a reference to a period of rapid economic growth during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century. During this period the U.S. economy grew at the fastest rate in its history and created the modern industrial economy. The United States sh....
Imperialism, the Highest stage of Capitalism
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism was written in 1916 in Zurich and was printed in 1917 in Petrograd in Parus Publishers. The Menshevik elements in the management of this publishing house deleted from the book the sharp criticism of the opportunist theories of Kautsky and the Russian Men....
INDUSTRIAL Revolution: Friend or Foe?
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: Friend or Foe?
"For years the government regulators looked upon corporations as big money trees. They figured if they just shook the money trees hard enough, they could find money for everything" Howard M. Love, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Steel Corporat....
Monopolies Effect on Resource Allocation in Industry
Monopolies are under constant critics from the public and other producers of being polutive, straining to competition and they are accused of worsening resource allocation. Whether this is true or not, depends on the specific company, but certain characteristics are possible to define. It is these I....
Pre-modern China, Korea and Japan
Without a doubt an understanding of social developments is of great value to historians in analyzing and examining intricate histories and cultures such as those of China, Korea and Japan. Although pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan each constituted discrete histories, they on the other hand also d....
The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
Since 1990, a battle has raged in United States courts between theUnited Statesgovernment and the Microsoft Corporation out of Redmond, Washington,headed by BillGates. What is at stake is money. The federal government maintains thatMicrosoft'smonopolistic practices are harmful to United States citiz....
The Price System
The Price System
The price system is a means of organizing economic activity. It does this by coordinating the decisions of consumers, producers, and owners of productive resources. Millions of economic agents who have no direct communication with each other are led by the pric....
Why not monopolies?
You may think that the logical consequence of oligopolies and oligopsonies are monopolies and monopsonies. But monopolies make no sense in the current climate. Major industrial nations are eager to quash monopolies when they occur and any company threatening to be the sole major player in any area f....