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monopoly
monopoly In general terms, monopoly refers to exclusive possession or control of some resource by a single actor or group of actors. In an economic context, it refers to market concentration and imperfect competition; that is, the dominance by one firm of a particular commodity market which gives it the power to set prices, rather than be subjected to price competition with other firms. In real life, few markets are dominated by one firm alone; more common is domination by a small number of firms, a situation which is commonly referred to as
oligopoly. Where two or more businesses reach a formal or informal agreement to limit competition among themselves, for example by fixing similar prices or agreeing separate marketing areas, they are said to form a cartel.
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Is Monopoly the greatest game ever?(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/7/2004; 700+ words
; The Monopoly World Championships are under way in...gleeful smugness. Getting beaten in Monopoly is like flunking a maths exam, getting...repossessed all in one evening. Because Monopoly games are usually played with people...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MONOPOLY, CLUE MAKE THE LEAP TO THE VIDEO SCREEN.(Preview)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/23/1992; 700+ words
; ...game. Considering that versions of Monopoly, Clue, Scrabble and Boggle are...held Nintendo GameBoy versions of Monopoly have been on the market since last...Sega plans to release versions of Monopoly and Clue in the fall for its Genesis...
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MONOPOLY Fans Across the Nation to Unite for Global Attempt at World Record.
Business Wire; 8/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...In celebration of the release of the new MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition game, U...World Record for the most people ever playing MONOPOLY at the same time. MONOPOLY fans in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and East Longmeadow...
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Anti-monopoly law awaited
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...knowledge of anti-monopoly legislation at the...tank said anti-monopoly legislation aims to check monopolies and other activities...Japan. The anti-monopoly law has been listed...the elimination of monopolies and the establishment...
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MONOPOLY FANS AROUND THE GLOBE UNITE TO SET NEW GUINNESS RECORD.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...BW)(MA-HASBRO)(HAS.NYSE) MONOPOLY Fans Around the Globe Unite to Set New...celebration of the release of the new MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition...World's Largest Simultaneous Game of MONOPOLY. The final tally of participants is...
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WMS Gaming Expands MONOPOLY Licensed Offerings with Next Generation of Games Premiering Across Multiple Product Lines.
Business Wire; 10/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...Ill. & LAS VEGAS -- Eight New MONOPOLY(R) Licensed Games to be Showcased...based on Hasbro Inc.'s (NYSE: HAS) MONOPOLY game brand with the introduction of eight...Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. The new MONOPOLY titles include extensions to WMS' recently...
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Anti-monopoly commission postpones Yukos-Sibneft hearing.
Newspaper article from: Energy News; 3/30/2004; 675 words
; Anti-monopoly commission postpones Yukos-Sibneft hearing...Interfax) - A commission of the disbanded Anti- monopoly Ministry decided Tuesday to postpone a hearing on violations of anti-monopoly legislation by the oil companies Yukos and...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Monopoly on board games.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 9/2/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: By Joanna Peart Monopoly ( the game that has kept families...still proving popular today. When Monopoly arrived on the scene, friends and...with little real cash of their own, Monopoly became a favourite activity, and...
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Monopoly's staying power: why the most famous board game in history continues to flourish.(Culture and Reviews)
Magazine article from: Reason; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...exhibition] was half over!" Monopoly has even played a role in...marketing of the game Anti-Monopoly, which had been created...the wrongs of real-life monopolies." Parker Brothers claimed Anti-Monopoly, which was typically sold...
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 "Cape Argus (South Africa)")
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Monopolies are bad for SA's economy.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa); 3/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...Africa continues to have a love affair with monopolies. There are several broad types of monopoly. The first is a legislative one, where...Vodacom, MTN or Cell C). In all cases monopolies create problems for consumers. Innovation...
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Monopoly
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...albeit a private one. A monopoly thus can be legal when...will produce. Other monopolies may be technological...toward all forms of monopoly related to royal favoritism...England's Statute of Monopolies (1623) reflected this...governmental grant of monopoly power. The writings...
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monopoly
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...legal statute against monopoly), it was the Supreme...Oil, along with other monopolies. Since the 1960s...created public-service monopolies by laws excluding competition...publicly regulated private monopolies, such as some power...in areas of "natural monopoly," where the conditions...
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Monopoly Capitalism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Monopoly Capitalism Monopoly capital theory states that capitalism undergoes phases of evolution...sufficient to simply assume high levels of competition, as the degree of monopoly is critical to the performance of capitalism in many ways. Much...
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monopolies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...functions. Natural monopoly power is often associated...economies of scale but legal monopolies have been common in...controls. Conferring monopoly power has been a traditional...system for roads. Legal monopolies may also be created...international level, monopoly trading power formed...
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Alcohol Monopoly
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
ALCOHOL MONOPOLY Ever since the last quarter of the fifteenth...exerted greater control over vodka, a monopoly that was codified in the 1649 Ulozhenie...reasserted strict control over the state monopoly. Catherine II (the Great, r. 1762...
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