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Re:Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy by fiter on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:29PM (#19381126)
Do you think monopolies like PG&E in California are well-regulated? If not, could you tell me why this isn't due to systemic difficulties in setting up a well-regulated monopoly?

EDIT: I should put my thesis in here: It is easy for regulatory capture to happen in the case of monopoly and regulator. I would also expect the monopoly plus regulator to perform more poorly than either a competitive company or a public entity.

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Re:Market Concentration Is Threatening the US Economy by digitaltrees on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:36PM (#19384121)
Regulation generally is not the same as regulation specifically related to antitrust. You can create a well regulated monopoly where none of the regulations are designed to prevent negative effects of being a monopoly.
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