Monopoly Power Quotes:

Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

- John Pugsley

topic: Monopoly Power, Competition, Illusion

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

source: "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States".

topic: Government, Essence, Monopoly Power, Fascism In America, Corporatism

Regulatory fiat cannot create a market at a technologically interdependent interface. And by the same token, regulation and so-called monopoly power rarely prevail at modular interfaces between stages of value-added technology.

- Clayton Christensen

source: Source: www.strategy-business.com

topic: Technology, Monopoly Power, Regulation

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

source: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.305, Best Books on

topic: Freedom, Power, Government, Monopoly Power, Economic Order

The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the free-market system. The opportunity to charge monopoly prices - at least for a short period - is what attracts 'business acumen' in the first place; it induces risk taking that produces innovation and economic growth.

- Antonin Scalia

topic: Opportunity, Competition, Risk, Monopoly Power, Acumen

All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe.

- David Harvey

topic: Monopoly, Owners, Certain, Monopoly Power

The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life.

- Sir John Richard Hicks

source: 1935 Econometrica,'The Theory of Monopoly'.

topic: Quiet, Economics, Profit, Quiet Life, Monopoly Power

The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Noam Chomsky (2015). “Because We Say So”, p.108, City Lights Books

topic: Power, Acquiescence, News, Monopoly Power

I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.

- Emanuel Celler

source: Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

topic: Rights, Growth, Bills, Monopoly Power