DARPA is a government agency.
sure, that makes it state-managed monopoly or whatever else you call it; keeping to the topic, any competition?
Re:Can Anyone Beat Jeff Bezos?
by adventured on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:16AM
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What did DARPA have a monopoly over exactly? They were and are a defense research agency.
Late Columbia professor Seymour Melman demystified this in his book "Pentagon Capitalism" back in 1970. And, for a summary, http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Chomsky/PentagonSystem_Cho...
A lot of preconceptions may be in the way though in trying to understand this.
My doubt is about these economic theories. I worry about the many dangers with Amazon's burgeoning monopoly.