Essays Tagged: "Monopoly"

Private Education in relation to book: 'Private schools: Essential or undemocratic' by Nelson, J.L., Carlson, K., & Palonsky, S.B.

ate schools. This positionfeels that private schools prevent the public schools from having a total monopoly overeducation by offering the community an alternative choice. This choice also producescom ...

(2 pages) 89 0 4.2 Sep/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Paper on the unions in America

its for shareholders. Power, too, is a matter of dispute. In the absence of unions, managers have a monopoly of power over their employees. With unions on the scene, that power must be shared.The stan ...

(2 pages) 415 1 4.2 May/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Ouija Boards

rd them as'evil' or a 'tool of the Devil', yet they continue to be sold in stores along Scrabble andMonopoly as a game. The Ouija board was invented in the early 1890's by William Fuld. It is n ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Communication over the net and how the Net will effect the economy

is: Communication over the internet is growing at a rapid rate, this rate of growth may destroy the monopoly taking place with the major telecommunication giants.In this day and age we as a global com ... a vital tool which aids us in breaking the distance barrier. Over the past decades there has been a monopoly in the telecommunications business, but now with the power of the internet, and super fast ...

(3 pages) 219 0 3.6 Sep/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Internet, a part of global communication

a vital tool which aids us in breaking the distance barrier. Over the past decades there has been a monopoly in the telecommunications business, but now with the power of the internet, and super fast ...

(3 pages) 170 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Economics of AT+ T Corporation

the Bell System. For most of its history, the company functioned as a legally sanctioned, regulated monopoly. No competition was apparent until the 1970's. Since the break up in 1984, AT+T has become ...

(4 pages) 255 1 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Why is monopoly 'harmful? How can regulation ameliorate these harmful effects? What problems confront the regulators?

In order to deduce that a monopoly is 'harmful', there must be another market system which is preferable to monopoly so as to ... ther market system which is preferable to monopoly so as to offer greater benefits to the public. A monopoly can therefore be compared to perfect competition. If the benefits of perfect competition ou ... be compared to perfect competition. If the benefits of perfect competition outweigh the benefits of monopoly then a monopoly can be regarded as 'harmful' since the consumers are not receiving the maxi ...

(3 pages) 288 2 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Sea Routes to Asia

to be able to trade with Asia. Since Marco Polo was an Italian, the Italians thought that they had amonopoly on the trading to the Far East. Genao and Venice were the two city-states that wereable to ... trade with themso then Italy was reallythe only countryable to trade with Asia, so they did have a monopoly on the trading. This angeredthe rest of Europe because they had to pay much, much more for ...

(9 pages) 92 1 4.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Postal Service As a Monopoly

- -Postal Service As a MonopolyIn the United States economy most markets can be classified into fourdifferent markets struc ... f various reasons. The United States Postal Service is oneof them and since the Postal Service is a monopoly, it is its ownmarket. This paper will discuss the budget dilemmas that the postalservice ha ... nd if it is in the bestinterest of the economy for the United States Postal Service to continueas a monopoly.The first time there was talk of privatizing the Postal Service wasin1979 when the Postal S ...

(5 pages) 193 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Decline of the American Empire

any era there are different protagonists, playing the same game on a similar board. Like a game of monopoly, there are nations competing to become the foremost leaders of their time. They amass great ...

(19 pages) 315 2 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The Microsoft Case Simplified (bullet summery)

stribution of Internet Explorer. Section two of the Sherman act states that it is illegal to form a monopoly, attempt to form a monopoly or combine and conspire to form a monopoly. Microsoft may be gu ... as their software applications in them.·The Department of Justice claims that Microsoft is a monopoly because it is an anticompetitive firm whose business model is designed around squashing its ...

(2 pages) 271 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Why Staples and Office Depot should have merged (blocked by FTC and DOJ).

e proposed merger would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act: it may lessen competition or create a monopoly.·Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max may be the largest office supply retailers on ... rm. If the merger results in a 10% market share, this can hardly be considered a "market power" or "monopoly." In this case, the merger does not violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act and is not illegal ...

(2 pages) 112 0 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The dissapearing daily

d alarming decrease in the number of dailies. Consolidation, suppression, and a strong drift toward monopoly are taking their toll. With an increase in population to more than 130,000,000, with world- ... tsof the place of publication. These sellers of goods not only do not oppose the newspaper trend to monopoly, but encourage it on the ground that if they advertise in only one daily they will save tim ...

(25 pages) 117 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

A historical criticism of Andrew Carnegie

80 million dollars.Carnegie has been shown as a cutthroat businessman and his company as a ruthless monopoly in the history books, yet he was also a philanthropist who donated over $350 million during ... , and according lost money. This and his vertical integration caused him to have an almost complete monopoly over his industry by forcing smaller, independent companies into bankruptcy. A good analogy ...

(4 pages) 91 0 2.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

this is an essay about the effects of Andrew Jacksons presidency on the United States economy and society.

trong believer of nationalism thought of the Bank of the US as an "illegitimate government-inspired monopoly"(9.2). He thought it was a total disregard to the sanctity of the union because of the logi ...

(2 pages) 66 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Antitrust Law: Analyzing AT&T and Microsoft in their cases with the Federal government. Deals with monopoly and company break-up issues

tell that the government can change the shape of business as well as the economy. With a split of a monopoly, new competition in a market is created. This could lead to a drastic change in the company ... in a market is created. This could lead to a drastic change in the company that used to run under a monopoly. The company is not used to competing and never really had to do much marketing in order to ...

(13 pages) 372 3 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Western Movement and Railroads. This essay is about western settlement and how the railroads turned out to be better agents of migration than many government homesteading organizations.

al Land Office, Homesteaders were faced with many obstacles, including fraud, speculation, and land monopoly (Draffan). The majority of Western settlement can be credited to the railroads, which prove ... established by many government agencies.The original intent of the Homestead Act was to defeat land monopoly. Many farmers, however, lacked the economic means to move West and manage a farm. "Fewer st ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Gates vs. Rockefeller (an epic duel between two huge business moguls)

me have lost everything. But only a select few have ever dominated an entire market and form a true monopoly. The government forbids such businesses but people still strive to achieve such stature. Th ... be good business, not some horrible thing. Also in the Microsoft case both parts will still have a monopoly. In the Standard Oil case the smaller companies still were very successful and there are re ...

(4 pages) 108 1 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

"Power of oil"

The book includes vivid accounts of the attempts by Standard oil to achieve a monopoly on American Oil production and distribution, of the key role played by oil in both the worl ...

(2 pages) 157 0 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Getting Away With Murder

Getting Away With MurderIn the game of monopoly each player starts at go. The parents and the children each pick a playing piece and take t ...

(10 pages) 351 7 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law