Franklin Foer

Monopolists always defend their monopolies by arguing that competition is wasteful. When the railroad barons completed their monopoly, they argued it would be wasteful to have competing rail lines, AT&T said the same thing. But today, the size and scope of these monopolies is different.

American Writer

Tristram Stuart

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

English Author

Frank Gaffney

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.

Denise Dresser

There are too many unions, monopolists, and bureaucrats that behave like hungry sharks, accustomed to feeding off oil revenues and appropriating the extraordinary wealth that Mexico produces but does not share in an equitable and democratic way.

Mexican Educator

Reid Hoffman

PayPal was disruptive, it was democratizing, and it had universal appeal. It gave power to millions and millions of individuals and reduced monopolist control from nations, banks, and other huge corporations.

American Businessman

Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

For the Conservative Party to become the mouthpiece of energy monopolists is not only a political error; it is fundamentally at variance with the liberal economics they claim to espouse.

British Politician

Henry A. Wallace

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise.

American Vice President

Zephyr Teachout

It is time to call out Google for what it is: a monopolist in search, video, maps and browser, and a thin-skinned tyrant when it comes to ideas.

American Lawyer

Sam Wyly

The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.

Scott McNealy

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Describes a situation where a business can dictate terms due to lack of competition.

Market Power

Often viewed negatively as it may lead to unfair practices and higher prices for consumers.

Negative Connotation

Used mainly in economic discussions about market dynamics and competition.

Economic Context

 cable guys took over wired and the wireless guides 18 T and Verizon backed away from the wiring marketplace they just can't make money there so there are almost entirely wireless companies now life is great if you're a cable monopolist and they're

Making internet widely...

 a monopolist a bully by the mid-90s Microsoft's aggressive tactics begin to backfire competitors accused the software giant