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  • noun Plural form of monopoly.

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Examples

  • Like this thread shows – preventing disasters and monopolies is hardly the point!

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Anti-Wal-Mart Astroturf 2010

  • Apparently the EU, after dealing with the aftermath of a few U. S.-born monopolies, is seeking to make sure the next generation of computing that will take place on the go happens on an OS that a European company develops.

    Europe Backs Symbian With $630M Loan 2009

  • Unbridled greed on the part of legal monopolies is sucking Americans dry.

    Nigel Barber: Why Greed Is Bad for Capitalism Nigel Barber 2010

  • Prof. WU: Yeah, I think he believed competition was immoral, that it made people into lesser men and that there was a nobility in monopolies, similar to the nobility in monarchy.

    The Past And Future Of Information Empires 2010

  • Prof. WU: Yeah, I think he believed competition was immoral, that it made people into lesser men and that there was a nobility in monopolies, similar to the nobility in monarchy.

    The Past And Future Of Information Empires 2010

  • Prof. WU: Yeah, I think he believed competition was immoral, that it made people into lesser men and that there was a nobility in monopolies, similar to the nobility in monarchy.

    The Past And Future Of Information Empires 2010

  • The Beatles (You know, the group that made Paul McCartney a multi-millionaire, so he can now sermonize about the destruction of coercive monopolies is a threat to “up and coming bands”), had, through most of their career, at most 8 tracks to work with, and it was analog tape.

    Free and legal MP3s 2009

  • Prof. WU: Yeah, I think he believed competition was immoral, that it made people into lesser men and that there was a nobility in monopolies, similar to the nobility in monarchy.

    The Past And Future Of Information Empires 2010

  • Prof. WU: Yeah, I think he believed competition was immoral, that it made people into lesser men and that there was a nobility in monopolies, similar to the nobility in monarchy.

    The Past And Future Of Information Empires 2010

  • If you believe that unregulated markets inevitably result in monopolies and plutocracy, a story with a world based on libertarian assumptions about society and economics will be that much harder to buy into.

    MIND MELD: SF with an Opposing Viewpoint 2008

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