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Government School Monopoly May Fall of Its Own Weight
The seeds of liberty were planted in fertile soil in 18th-century America. Since then, the American Experiment has encouraged liberty and prosperity. But it also has been overrun by the vine-like spread of government intervention into fields like education.

Cato Institute - Intel's Sell Out
How Intel betrayed the information community when it settled with the US Federal Trade Commission.

Government Monopoly
Your government is a kind of monopoly, too, with all the problems of any other monopoly. What should be done about it?

School Choice Would Break the Education Monopoly
What are American taxpayers getting for all those dollars spent on public education? Not nearly enough, according to education analysts.

Postmaster General Foresees End to Mail Monopoly
The post office monopoly on delivering letters will fade away but the agency will maintain a secure place in America, former Postmaster General Marvin Runyon predicted.

GATA and LeMetropole Campaign
Extensive multi-year research has led the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) to the conclusion that the gold market is being overtly manipulated; and that the relationship of available physical gold to outstanding gold loans poses a serious risk to the U.S. and global financial systems.

The Arthritic Hand of Oligopoly
A few huge corporations control many markets and industries, to the detriment of society. This is an analysis of the problem.

Union Corruption: Why It Happens, How to Combat It
Why are so many unions so corrupt? Because laws grant them a monopoly on people's jobs...

Power Elites & Monopoly Power
This article deals with exploitative monopolies, their causes and cure and with such ideas as laissez-faire economics, monopoly, regulations, and socialism.

Teachers' Organizations Seek to Break Education Union Monopoly
Monopolies are bad, and that includes union monopolies like the one in education...but some organizations are struggling to give teachers more choice.


News: Current Events: Business and Economy: Mergers and Monopolies
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