"monopoly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- From 1913 to 1984, AT&T ran a government-sanctioned monopoly that had a mandate to provide universal service.
- A qualified exception was the AT&T breakup in 1984, but that was unusual, a consent decree applied to a government-sanctioned monopoly.
- Typically, the courts have imposed breakup orders in antitrust cases involving government-sanctioned monopolies, like AT&T, or when the monopoly was assembled in a series of mergers.
- The Kingsbury Commitment of 1913 established AT&T as a government-sanctioned monopoly, as an out-of-court settlement of the government's antitrust challenge.
- Colloquially known as Ma Bell, it reminds many older consumers of the days when AT&T was a government-sanctioned monopoly that provided reliable if bland service.
- For its part, AT&T was a government-sanctioned monopoly with semi-autonomous local companies and other divisions, like a manufacturing arm, for which there was no justification for government regulation.
- For years, protectionism and government-sanctioned monopolies had been used to shore up support for the old authoritarian regimes.
- Countries replaced inflation with new taxes on the poor, high tariffs with regional trading blocs, and, especially, state monopolies with government-sanctioned private monopolies.
- The government also proceeded to encourage the development of private industry by offering financial incentives such as government-sanctioned monopolies and low interest loans to prospective local factory owners.
- Arguably, any idea generated so easily and frequently is both obvious and a dubious candidate for a 20-year government-sanctioned monopoly.
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