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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 06:10 PM
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Monopoly Isn't Natural
Edited on Wed Jan-11-06 06:12 PM by edbermac
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 05:02 AM
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1. The economist in me would disagree
Certain industries have such high entry costs, and economies of scale that the natural provision is via national monopoly - obviously this does imply governmental regulation.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 05:10 AM
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2. What year is THAT from?
AltaVista's one of the green properties... do they even EXIST any more?

And where's Google????? :eyes:
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:54 AM
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6. MCI Worldcom.
:rofl:
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:56 AM
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7. I worked in a toy store when that came out
and we couldn't give those away. By the time it hit the shelves some of the companies on it had already folded.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 07:07 AM
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3. Where's the only dot-com that matters?
I'm, of COURSE, referring to DemocraticUnderground.com

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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 07:10 AM
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4. yeah whar kind of lowlife spends all of life bouncing around...
Edited on Thu Jan-12-06 07:12 AM by JVS
atlantic city hotels?
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-12-06 09:47 AM
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5. Donald Trump?
:evilgrin:

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