[tysont]

If you think a monopoly is bad, you'll find the Wal-Mart monopsony is worse. A monopsony leads to price deflation just as a monopoly leads to price inflation.

[Viva Le Dissention]

Who says all monopolies are bad?

Monopolies are only bad when they are coercive monopolies; that is, gov't granted monopolies, like the phone service, water service, or whatnot.

If a company, through superior ideas and execution--through lowering the cost of production, has gained a single-supplier status, it's nothing to worry about. It's capitalism hard at work. Everyone wins.

[Axenolith]

The "monopolies" of Standard Oil and Microsoft did not lead to rising prices...