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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by argonaut on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @02:48AM (#12084321)
In the abstract, breaking up monopolies is the canonical example.
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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by _Codemonkeyism on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @03:15AM (#12084429)
Breaking up monopolies raises prices? You've lost me :-)
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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by stormbrew on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:29PM (#12087469)
I think the GP is talking about breaking up 'natural' monopolies, rather than government monopolies.

Note: Just to skip a potential semantic argument that always crops up around this: whether or not you believe it's appropriate to call it a monopoly if it's not enforced by government fiat is beside the point.

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Re:Lyft losing as much as $50M a month, president confirms by argonaut on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @06:45AM (#12085196)
Less regulation = not breaking up a monopoly = higher prices.
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