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Re:Ask HN: How are monopolies lost? by speby on Thursday September 18, 2008 @12:12PM (#308298)
I'm not sure if they qualified as monopolies per the true definition, but what about TWA and PanAm for international air travel during the regulated airfare days? They each had respective monopolies on huge numbers of routes on separate coasts.
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Re:Ask HN: How are monopolies lost? by mattmaroon on Thursday September 18, 2008 @06:53PM (#308681)
Even if you give them monopoly, it was a shift in government policy (deregulation) that took it away.
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