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Old 11-30-2011, 01:31 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by jersysman View Post
State-monitored utilities usually have some type of price controls. Plus you have the hand of big brother hovering over you. I wouldn't really call those true monopolies.
In most cases, they are the truest form of monopoly - the kind sanctioned explicity by law. But they are also, as you note, regulated monopolies. Far different from what, say, for instance, to pick an example completely at random, Amazon, would like to create.
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