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And research often is directed not at producing new products but at extending, broadening, and leveraging the
monopoly
power granted through the patent.
At least since 1989, the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party’s
monopoly
on power has been fragile.
Privacy is only one part of a larger discussion around data ownership and data monopoly, security, and competition.
If he fails to do so, he will be deemed a failure, and the Chinese Communist Party’s political
monopoly
may end sooner than anyone anticipates.
Very close species may have similar behavioral systems and, in the case of our close predecessors, the shared features probably included many traits we have preferred to consider the
monopoly
of our species, including symbolic behavior.
Viewed in this context, the recent protests have weakened Iran’s reformers by eroding their
monopoly
on hope and driving a wedge between the government’s neoliberal policies, intended to address Iran’s economic problems, and its goal of deepening popular support.
Instead, the new parliament soon got out of control by passing laws that destroyed the Communist
monopoly
on power and undermined Gorbachev's authority.
Good public policy in such an environment needs to ensure that monopolists in one generation do not retard innovation in the next generation, and that
monopoly
profits from the provision of essential services are not too large (although they need to be large enough to reward past investments).
Most counted on the party’s media
monopoly
to carry their message, such as it was: “Vote Lezek, a good communist.”
The energy
monopoly
Naftogaz, previously a cesspool of illicit transactions, has in a year managed the seemingly impossible: making Ukraine virtually independent from direct gas delivery from Russia for at least a year.
All of this happened inside a corporate behemoth, which could afford the lab thanks to its
monopoly
on local telephony and on the equipment used to provide the service, which was manufactured by AT&T’s subsidiary, Western Electric.
AT&T’s
monopoly
position was always controversial in the competition-minded US regulatory system.
If AT&T had to be a monopoly, it had to be a
monopoly
that benefited society at large, not just its shareholders, through breakthrough research.
It also sent a strong message: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is committed to defending its political
monopoly
by any means and at any cost.
Fifteen years later, Signor Berlusoni understood that the Italian state's
monopoly
of television would not survive and jump-started what became Italy's main privately owned media group.
This is partly why Israel prefers the United States as sole mediator, and it is also why Israel’s acceptance of a
monopoly
role for the US evaporates as soon as any American president starts developing views different from its own.
Doing so would have been a first step toward accommodating developing countries’ legitimate desire to break the
monopoly
of European and US officials on the top jobs in the IMF and World Bank (Fischer was born in Zambia).
Rot set in when terror subsided and subordinates took advantage of their
monopoly
of information about production.
In November 2015, his government introduced a new road tax called “Platon,” and faced large-scale protests among independent long-haul truckers, just so that it could create a
monopoly
for an operating company that is half-owned by Igor Rotenberg.
Taking advantage of Russia’s weaknesses and the lack of a counterweight, they refused to heed warnings against claiming a
monopoly
on global leadership.
Historically, such a concentration of economic power has been met with pushback, rooted in fears of
monopoly.
Breaking the Neoclassical
Monopoly
in EconomicsFor 25 years, the so-called “Washington Consensus” – comprising measures aimed at expanding the role of markets and constraining the role of the state – has dominated economic development policy.
The MIT School, by contrast, argues that real-world economies are afflicted by pervasive market failures, including imperfect competition and monopoly, externalities associated with problems like pollution, and an inability to supply public goods such as street lighting or national defense.
It is the turn of someone from outside Europe to head the IMF – Europe having had a
monopoly
on the position since the Fund was created following World War II.
It is the government that enacts and enforces the copyright, patent, and trademark laws that protect intellectual property rights, guaranteeing successful innovators a steady stream of
monopoly
profits.
Many Japanese are aware of these problems, which is why they voted for Kan’s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 2009, breaking the virtual political
monopoly
exercised for a half-century by the conservative Liberal Democrats.
The full competition and information requirements ensure that all contracts are uncoerced (there is no
monopoly
power) and all expectations are fulfilled, i.e., people get what they want.
There is always some
monopoly
power, insiders have more information than outsiders, ignorance and uncertainty are pervasive, and expectations are frequently disappointed.
This is one consequence of Israel’s
monopoly
over the tourist industry.
Israel, the Middle East’s only nuclear power, wants to retain its strategic
monopoly.
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