monopolies
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“Corporations doing these monopolies are keeping the audience from having access to a variety of things they would like,” says Ellis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He stood for enterprise, individual liberty and free trade, and against the tyranny of state-sponsored monopolies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
A simpler derivatives contract could hurt some of CME’s and Cboe’s most popular products, which critics characterize as monopolies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
These local monopolies are reinforced by the Japanese government, which obstructs the import of foreign processed food by imposing a 10-day quarantine, among other restrictions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
