Monopoly (Business)

Certain types of monopolies exist and are allowed in a free market system. Here are some examples:

* When a patent is granted to, as example, a drug company, for a new drug, the company has sole rights to the manufacture of the drug for 17 years. Thus this company has a legal and natural monopoly;

* A key resource is owned by a single company. A clear instance of this is found by examining the De Beers company. De beers owns over 80% of the world's diamond mines and production. This is a rare form of monopoly however; and

* A natural monopoly begins when a single company can supply an entire market at a lower cost than can two or more other companies. Common examples of this are utility companies. It should be noted however, that in these cases, a regulatory body must give the utility permission to raise prices.

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The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product., Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land., The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.

Value of wasted resources devoted to expanded domestic consumption and expenditures devoted to less desired substitutes brought about by a tariff.

The demand curve is downwards sloping with price on the vertical axis and quantity demanded on the horizontal axis. This is because as products get more expensive the quantity demanded decreases, other things being equal. Put another way, there is a negative correlation between price and quantity demanded.

a single seller controls the supply of a good or service and prevents other businesses from entering the field. Being the only provider of a certain good or service gives the seller considerable control

Depends.

In a town of 100, the local store owner is a "monopoly", but no one minds, as it's obvious that the town can't support two stores.

Then there's the Post Office, but that's the government, so monopoly laws are waived.

Then there's various religious organizations. The Catholic Church has a monopoly on who gets to be a Catholic. Of course, every other religious organization has a monopoly on who gets to call themselves a member, so no one minds. (On occassion, some do mind, which is why you see some churches called "reformed" or "restored".)

Then there's corporations that dominate their field, such that there is no meaningful competition. However, it is sometimes the case that they are just so darned good at it that no one complains, because there actually isn't anyone who could do it better or cheaper anyway. Eventually someone always complains, though.

Then, when someone complains, oft times because the originally "good" monopoly company got a bit out of hand, then the government will file an "anti-trust" suit against them. It can be settled with a voluntary correction, or in extreme cases a mandated break up can occur.

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Mono refers to one. A monopoly means that one person or on family possesses or own everything or many businesses.

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Any company can charge any price it wants for a good. The real question is whether people will be willing to pay that price. Monopolies are not immune to the laws of supply and demand.

The us accused micorosft of being a monoply

In the 1900s huge railroad and steel companies called trusts had monopolies

The queens favorite's got rich from a monopoly on imported goods .

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They can be, but they don't have to be. "Evil" monopolies seek to control an industry by running their competitors out of business and then establishing inflated prices.

A monopoly is the control of a majority of an industry or enterprise. Municipal or regional monopolies for public utilities (water, natural gas, electrical power) are common, and sensible because you don't need or want multiple competitors. However, they are very often poorly regulated, and the consumer has few viable alternatives. And because the primary concern of many companies is a return (profit) for their investors, they can make decisions that are unwise or even harmful to consumers and the general economy.

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A natural monopoly would be the city's water company. There's only ever one water company in town because there's only one set of water pipes. So the water company is a monopoly, but they are usually not an evil one, largely because there are government agencies to keep them from becoming evil.

One condition that leads to the rise of a monopoly is the ability of one company to buy another similar company out. Another condition occurs when one company lowers prices in such a way to drive another company out of business.