A monopoly happens when a business dominates an industry or sector and can therefore control price changes and create entry barriers for competitors. It’s often used as shorthand in the eyes of the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

How does one reconcile a belief in the power of economic dynamism — that it takes “maximum competitive intensity” in business to really drive growth and innovation — with a deep skepticism that what ...

As I pointed out yesterday concerning the Office Depot and Staples tie up the state of current American law and practice concerning monopolies is a very long way out of date. In general, and more ...