Monopoly

1750

By the 1750s, Armenia already controlled 75% of the total silk trade in the area.

1848

By setting price equal to the intersection of the demand curve and the average total cost curve, the firm's output is allocatively inefficient as the price is less than the marginal cost (which is the output quantity for a perfectly competitive and allocatively efficient market). In 1848, J.S.

1870

Established in 1870, it became the largest oil refiner in the world.

In the 1870s, LIRR became the sole railroad in that area through a series of acquisitions and consolidations.

1901

Steel in 1901 by combining Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company.

1911

Its controversial history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that Standard was an illegal monopoly.

Steel's share of the expanding market slipped to 50 percent by 1911, and antitrust prosecution that year failed. ====Diamonds==== De Beers settled charges of price fixing in the diamond trade in the 2000s.

1922

antitrust litigation in 1922, though its special status is still in dispute as of 2009. The National Football League survived antitrust lawsuit in the 1960s but was convicted of being an illegal monopoly in the 1980s. ===Other examples of monopolies=== Microsoft has been the defendant in multiple antitrust suits on strategy embrace, extend and extinguish.

1945

First instituted in 1286, the Gabelle was not permanently abolished until 1945. ====Coal==== Robin Gollan argues in The Coalminers of New South Wales that anti-competitive practices developed in the coal industry of Australia's Newcastle as a result of the business cycle.

1960

antitrust litigation in 1922, though its special status is still in dispute as of 2009. The National Football League survived antitrust lawsuit in the 1960s but was convicted of being an illegal monopoly in the 1980s. ===Other examples of monopolies=== Microsoft has been the defendant in multiple antitrust suits on strategy embrace, extend and extinguish.

1978

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Schenkman Pbl., 1978.

1980

antitrust litigation in 1922, though its special status is still in dispute as of 2009. The National Football League survived antitrust lawsuit in the 1960s but was convicted of being an illegal monopoly in the 1980s. ===Other examples of monopolies=== Microsoft has been the defendant in multiple antitrust suits on strategy embrace, extend and extinguish.

1984

In 1984, decades after having been granted monopoly power by force of law, AT&T was broken up into various components, MCI, Sprint, who were able to compete effectively in the long-distance phone market.

AT&T was broken up in 1984.

2000

Steel's share of the expanding market slipped to 50 percent by 1911, and antitrust prosecution that year failed. ====Diamonds==== De Beers settled charges of price fixing in the diamond trade in the 2000s.

2004

In 2004 Microsoft was fined 493 million euros by the European Commission which was upheld for the most part by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in 2007.

The fine was US$1.35 billion in 2008 for noncompliance with the 2004 rule. Monsanto has been sued by competitors for antitrust and monopolistic practices.

2007

In 2004 Microsoft was fined 493 million euros by the European Commission which was upheld for the most part by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in 2007.

2008

The fine was US$1.35 billion in 2008 for noncompliance with the 2004 rule. Monsanto has been sued by competitors for antitrust and monopolistic practices.

2009

antitrust litigation in 1922, though its special status is still in dispute as of 2009. The National Football League survived antitrust lawsuit in the 1960s but was convicted of being an illegal monopoly in the 1980s. ===Other examples of monopolies=== Microsoft has been the defendant in multiple antitrust suits on strategy embrace, extend and extinguish.

2013

In 2013, the LIRR's commuter rail system is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving nearly 335,000 passengers daily. ===Foreign trade=== Dutch East India Company was created as a legal trading monopoly in 1602.

2019

The 2019 purchase of the majority of 20th Century Fox's assets sparked controversy. ==Countering monopolies== According to professor Milton Friedman, laws against monopolies cause more harm than good, but unnecessary monopolies should be countered by removing tariffs and other regulation that upholds monopolies. However, professor Steve H.

2020

Bryce Covert, "The Visible Hand: How monopolies define everyday life in the United States" (review of David Dayen, Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power, The New Press, 2020, 336 pp.), The Nation, pp. 38, 40–42. ==External links== Market structure




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