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A PROTECTIVE tariff is intended to artificially inflate prices of imports and protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
Monopolized smaller businesses and then used their power to inflate prices on their goods that were now widely available to others. Led to construction of railroads and large cities of steel.
Land used for export crops could not be used to produce food crops. As a result, countries that had once been able to feed their own people now had to import food. This as costly, meanwhile, many goverments kept food prices artificially low. Low prices discouraged local farmers from growing food crops. Governments then had to subsidize parts of the cost of importing food from overseas.
The stock market crashed when the US gov't over-printed currency, thus starting inflation. From there, money was worth less and less which caused the prices on everything, including oil, to rise. as money was worth less, businesses began to close and banks had to be bailed out of bankruptcy with OUR taxpayer's billions. this caused stocks in businesses or corporations to plunge. it sounds like the end of the world, but really, it is not.
They created monopolies so that they could control the prices of the goods they made and erase any business competition. They also bought their resources that were necessary to create their goods. That way, they didn't have to buy them from other companies.
price fixing
When companies agree to set prices artificially high.
Large businesses depend on small businesses to have higher prices and force customers to them. In addition, small businesses often order from larger businesses.
Businesses agreed to limit production.
Businesses agreed to limit production.
it allowed the government to set prices over some private businesses (apex)
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Businesses abusing tourists with extremely high prices.
Price Gouging
In 1992 he exploited some loopholes in India that allowed him to artificially drive stock prices up on the Bombay exchange.
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competition leads to lower prices