This was originally posted on PoodleRose on July 31, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. You might think that individuals selling marijuana would support laws that would legalize the practice. But that isn’t the case. Many of those who have a government protected monopoly to sell medical marijuana want to use the coercive power of…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on July 25, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. The United States Postal Service (USPS), long renowned for its poor service, wants to decrease the quality of its service further. In an effort to save money, the government sponsored monopoly wants more developments to utilize “cluster boxes” rather than…
This was originally posted as a series on Live Oaks in August 2009. Comments have not been migrated. It is frequently argued that certain services–particularly utilities–are “natural monopolies”, which Wikipedia explains as: In economics, a natural monopoly occurs when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and…