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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Mic
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.004846.16772@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec30.000410.286@rose.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:48:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.000410.286@rose.com>, robert.heuman@rose.com (robert heuman) writes:
- |>
- |> Date Entered: 12-29-92 18:54
- |> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) wrote
- |> in <1992Dec28.232207.1612@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- |>
- |> H(> Please try again: Can you name a real, genuine, monopoly in _any_
- |> country
- |> H(> at _any_ time (before or after antitrust legislation or in a country without
- |> H(> antitrust legislation) that wasn't created by a government? You can't
- |> H(> do it because there never has been such a beast. Markets which the goverment
- |> H(> stays out of are very harsh on monopolies.
- |>
- |> This is off topic, but to name one that is damn close to a monopoly,
- |> try the DuBeers Diamond Cartel. Another that came very close was INCO
- |> due to the large quantity of nickel in Sudbury, ON. There have also
- |> been national monopolies, such as silk in China in the early middle
- |> ages, which were NOT created by government, but permitted to
- |> continue, or actively supported, by the government AFTER their
- |> creation. Lets DROP this side-issue.
-
- Congratulations! Bob Heuman wins the prize for being the first contestent
- to identify DuBeers Diamond as being a true example of a monopolistic-style
- organization which actually succeeds in keeping the price of something
- artificially high. Without DuBeers, the diamond market would collapse.
-
- However, cheap diamonds just wouldn't be a special, and would hurt millions
- of poor South Africans.
-