Monopoly and Competition

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Do Monopolies Cause Inflation?

Economic PolicyInflationEntrepreneurshipMonopoly and Competition

Blog08/04/2023

Too many economic commentators claim that monopolies are the cause of inflation. Austrian economic analysis shows that this is impossible.

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Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy

Free MarketsSocialismMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/29/2023

Some are claiming that AI can make socialism workable, but even AI cannot take the place of entrepreneurial economic calculation.

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Unraveling the Fallacy of Natural Monopolies

Economic FreedomEconomic PolicyMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/01/2023

The presence of a "natural monopoly" is supposed to be a sufficient reason for government to intervene in the economy. But what if there truly is no such thing as a "natural monopoly"?

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Licensing Laws Deepen South Africa's Electricity Crisis

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismMonopoly and Competition

Blog06/12/2023

South Africa is suffering from rolling blackouts and other power outages. These could be avoided if the government would permit competition in electricity markets.

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Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All

Free MarketsSocialismMonopoly and Competition

Blog11/03/2022

Among Mises's contributions was his doctrine of consumer sovereignty in a free market.

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Austrians vs. Neoclassicists on Monopolies

Big GovernmentFree MarketsMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/28/2022

Neoclassical economists have a rigid view of monopoly producers. Austrians recognize that the only monopolies that create problems have been nurtured by government intervention.

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Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All

Economic FreedomFree MarketsMonopoly and Competition

Blog07/14/2022

The ruling class is claiming that free markets are nothing more than a "trickle-down" scheme. But a free market system really does serve society best.

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Meds: The Seen—and Unseen—of Intellectual Property Laws

Corporate WelfareCronyism and CorporatismLegal SystemMonopoly and Competition

Blog04/29/2022

Much of what we might call monopoly capitalism (or crony capitalism) can be tied to intellectual property laws.

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The Problem with the "Robber Baron" Narrative

U.S. HistoryMonopoly and Competition

We're now hearing many calls for more antitrust legislation applied to Big Tech because these firms are allegedly monopolies. But old-fashioned antitrust was a disaster, as will be new efforts against tech companies. 

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Government Won't Save Us from Big Media

Monopoly and Competition

Blog02/17/2021

It's conservatives, not libertarians, who are naïve about big media power. 

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