monopolies
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Landlords would only accept tenants who applied using a broker, which meant many brokers had monopolies on full blocks of apartments, and sometimes whole neighborhoods.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Even as the federal government battled monopolies in court, something else happened that made unprecedented fortunes possible—a revolutionary way of thinking about stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
That all spells exciting times for sleepy, regulated natural monopolies that control the last kilometer to the customer.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
As a result, Japanese food-processing companies enjoy local monopolies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
