True, I didn't articulate what I considered implied.Azza said:
Government policy is what gives a company the ability to unfairly control prices.
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Government policy is what gives a company the ability to unfairly control prices.
I think I helped derail this thread a bit. Perhaps a new thread titled: Interventionist Goven't vs Market Forces?
Giardiasis said:
"the e-book marketplace is a kind of oligopoly involving a few major players — primarily Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble."
http://gigaom.com/2012/02/29/how-the-e-book-landscape-is-becoming-a-walled-garden/
You still haven't explained why in your theory of a government-corrupted market place that we pay more than the yanks for the same material.
So how are competitors to Amazon, Apple, and Barnes & Noble prevented from entering the market?Azza said:
At the end of the day if business’ don’t meet customer demands, they won’t be in business for long, especially in a business like e-books where it has ripe competition from substitute goods like real books, and the black market through torrents.
That’s not something easy to answer, it is not related to the discussion concerning monopolies, and it is certainly nothing that warrants government regulation.Azza said:
If Australians are being overcharged, then a competitor would have an opportunity to make money by coming in and charging less. Perhaps you have identified an opportunity to exploit here?Azza said:
This thread is soooooooooo off topic. Ive started an 'OPOLY' thread, which can be used for monopolys, polygamists, oligochetes, apoplectopolys, copolymers and mucopolysaccharides.
My "model" if you want to call it that, is about monopolies (oligophy same thing), not this.Azza said:
