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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. http://online.bcc.ctc.edu/econ100/ksttext/oligoply/oligoply.htm

Bringing Consumer Choice to Electricity Position paper by Tom DeLay arguing that government-mandated monopoly production and pricing for electricity be ended. http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/HL582.cfm

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. http://www.lemetropolecafe.com/campaign.html

Government Monopoly Your government is a kind of monopoly, too, with all the problems of any other monopoly. What should be done about it? http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4124/governme.html

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. http://www.onlineathens.com/1998/041598/0415.a3mail.html

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. http://www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/monopoly.htm

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. http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/pdedu/pdedu61.html

Egomania vs. Merger-Mania in the Media Biz Personality and management in media conglomerates. From Business Week online. (October 7, 1999) http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct1999/nf91007d.htm?scriptFramed

Cato Institute - Intel's Sell Out How Intel betrayed the information community when it settled with the US Federal Trade Commission. (March 26, 1999) http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-26-99.html