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Old 06-07-2012, 04:50 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
Since the breakup of medieval guilds, there haven't been a lot of retail near-monopolies. One obvious example is state-run alcohol monopolies. But retail monopolies are indeed rare, which is why I take examples from other industries, like transportation.
Which was kinda my point. It's virtually impossible to have a monopoly in retail, so comparisons to other high barrier to entry industries, or even transportation, are pretty meaningless.
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