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patmorgan23 • today at 3:06 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

> A natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructure costs and other barriers to entry give a market's largest supplier an overwhelming advantage over competitors. An industry is a natural monopoly if a single firm can supply the entire market at a lower long-run average cost than if multiple firms were to operate within it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly