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jvanderbot • today at 2:47 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Consumer choice, or public good/public utility: Choose one.

A deregulated market should provide choice, if it provides monopoly the gov should step in either by breaking up (forcing choice) or making public (forcing good).


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luckydata • today at 2:57 PM

there is no consumer choice in a natural monopoly. that's why it's called natural monopoly.

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