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  2. Darcy v Allein - Wikipedia

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    Edward Darcy Esquire v Thomas Allin of London Haberdasher (1602) 74 ER 1131 (also spelt as "Allain" or "Allen" and "Allein" but most widely known as the Case of Monopolies), was an early landmark case in English law, establishing that the grant of exclusive rights to produce any article was improper .

  3. Competition law theory - Wikipedia

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    "A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly under-stocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price, and raise their emoluments, whether they consist in ...

  4. Monopoly - Wikipedia

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    A monopoly has considerable although not unlimited market power. A monopoly has the power to set prices or quantities although not both. [37] A monopoly is a price maker. [38] The monopoly is the market [39] and prices are set by the monopolist based on their circumstances and not the interaction of demand and supply. The two primary factors ...

  5. 12 Most Famous Monopolies Of All Time

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    The company had a monopoly on the fur trade in Canada, and is a Canadian company. The company enjoyed this monopoly until the end of 1849, where its power was finally weakened and it had to secede ...

  6. Discourses on Salt and Iron - Wikipedia

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    The reformists' criticism of the monopolies largely centered on the idea that the state "should not compete with the people for profit", as it would tend to oppress the citizenry while doing so; mercantile ventures were not "proper activities for the state". [11] They pointed out that the monopolies had placed an immense burden on the citizenry.

  7. Column: Yes, Amazon is a near-monopoly. Dismantling it will ...

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    The article delved deeply into Amazon's anti-competitive strategies, which consisted chiefly in undercutting competitors' prices and consequently taking losses; the company's expectation that this ...

  8. The 2010 Flash Crash: What Caused It and How to Prevent the ...

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    Others would call that an erroneous trade. iShares believes that all exchanges must agree on a standard definition to stop the next flash crash. And they must then agree on how to cancel and ...

  9. Monopolistic competition in international trade - Wikipedia

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    2. This model dismisses the issue of interdependence when a firm sets its price. The firm will act as if it were a monopoly regarding the price it sets, not considering the potential responses from its competitors. The justification is that there are numerous firms in the market, so each receives only scant attention from the others.