monopoly

Creating an effective monopoly by issuing a patent to the same company that sets the price has led to predictable results.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Generations of Nobel vision, investment, and execution,” Mr. Brunt writes, “became a state monopoly overnight.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

China holds a near monopoly on the production of polysilicon.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Using this monopoly, Penske is accused of turning the Golden Globes into a “pay-to-play racket.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The United States' brief monopoly on the world's most powerful weapon came to a sudden, shocking end.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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