John Sulston

If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents.

British Scientist

Joichi Ito

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

Japanese Businessman

Robert Toombs

They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world.

American Politician

Tim Sweeney

Open platforms encourage innovation. Whenever you have a closed platform, a monopoly on commerce, and all these platform rules, it stifles innovation.

American Businessman

John Polanyi

The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly.

Hungarian Scientist

Saint Jhn

My journey is where I'm at right? It's the monopoly board of my life, and I'm making my rounds.

American Musician

Nancy Pearcey

Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.

American Author

Liz Kendall

Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters do not have a monopoly on principle.

British Politician

Megan Phelps-Roper

I don't believe any more that WBC has a monopoly on truth.

American Activist

Peter Thiel

Often implies that a company is too powerful, preventing fair competition.

Negative Connotation

Governments may intervene to break up monopolies to protect consumers.

Regulatory Intervention

A monopoly can lead to higher prices and less choice for consumers.

Market Impact

The game teaches basic economics and negotiation through play.

Economic Simulation

Monopoly games can last several hours, so plan your playtime.

Long Playtime

Monopoly is often played during family gatherings or holidays.

Family Tradition

This type of monopoly is legally protected and enforced by the government.

Government Granted

Some government monopolies exist to provide essential public services.

Public Service

The holder of a government monopoly has exclusive rights to operate.

Exclusive Rights

 like deciding in advance what's going to happen, or the profit motive -- the more leverage they'll get. And institutions are going to come under an increasing degree of pressure, and the more rigidly managed, and the more they rely on information monopolies, the greater the pressure is going to be.

Clay Shirky: Institutions...

 more and more efficient buildings, more and more efficient cars, and so forth. How many of these people are there in an economy like the US? Electric utilities are monopolies, and so they're regulated by utilities commissions. Otherwise they'd jack up the price too high.

How to decarbonize the...

 need to actually strengthen it a lot more I think one aspect of it comes from recognizing that each of us whatever you know the sophistication of our mental models and assumptions is never going to have a monopoly on truth we need to recognize that we have to value the

New ways to understand...

 It's a shared database, and even though it has multiple readers and multiple writers at the same time, it has one single truth. So we can create that using blockchains. We can create a decentralized database that has the same efficiency of a monopoly

How the blockchain will...

 what's stopping in the industry structured as a series of statewide monopolies that support pay for the large power plants the high-voltage transmission lines when people start to put solar on their roof it upsets that entire system this is really

Cecily Meets an Energy...

 Our learning can't be limited by the level we reach in an organization or only available to the fortunate few. It's not the responsibility of a single department, and it doesn't just happen when you go on a course. No one has a monopoly on wisdom.

Sarah Ellis and Helen...

 that's where most people assume -- but it's between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks. And no side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on either of those qualities. The actual truth about the specific Bush-Kerry incident

Jimmy Wales: How a...

 The original intention behind the patent system was to motivate people to invent by rewarding them with a time-limited monopoly. But today, that intention has been distorted beyond recognition. Corporations have teams of lawyers and lobbyists

Why are drug prices so...

 the monopoly on broadcast video they would shoot the action with your expensive broadcast cameras own the video and make the money while the person at the front doing the dangerous stuff normally didn't get paid but you

My life as a professional...

 where free will, self-expression, and curiosity are under fire. In Montag’s world, mass media has a monopoly on information, erasing almost all ability for independent thought.