Talk:Government monopoly
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[edit] salt
the section on salt, and its external link, are appropriate here in much different form. i invite whoever put it here to make it neutral POV, etc., otherwise, i plan to revert. i hope somebody will mod, because there's good material there, especially if this article is expanded. SaltyPig 02:22, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- reverted. if dispute, please discuss here. thanks. SaltyPig 06:10, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
jerevans "Without it incentives would fall." is an unsupported comment... no source, no verification. While it may or may not be correct, it should a) be removed or b) be flagged with 'citation needed' I don't know exactly what to do, maybe someone else can decide.
[edit] re MONOPOLY DEFINITION
A monopoly is legally defined as having a certain percentage of the market share (so its not necessarily that they are the ONLY seller, despite the fact "mono" means "one"). A legal monopoly can be one that has been built and maintained by a private entity w/o any govt intervention or influence (not just one that is "exempted" by the govt). There are many examples of this. Monopolies are subject to stricter antitrust guidelines (e.g. can't sell below cost, price fix, etc...)
see:
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/maintain.htm
and if you can find the "legal def" (% of market share) also more pwr to you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SchoobieDoobieDo (talk • contribs) 03:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC).
