<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 12:38:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/monopolies/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Government-Derived Corporate Power and Monopolies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based on the video by Dr. Per Bylund -- Monopoly Power: What Should We Fear? Image Source Government-Derived Corporate Power and Monopolies I appreciate everything that Dr. Per Bylund had to say, but I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@camrynn-2meadows/government-derived-corporate-power-and-monopolies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@camrynn-2meadows/government-derived-corporate-power-and-monopolies</guid><category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[camrynn-2meadows]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsoXnS61NQQBnKLkQHQ4WCCWVwvo8kHTVw4JKFbBkorxwa57TsXgHFfxPfFR12THrBb9MDvn6AAyEYfVRJ6ZHBio6C26VztMuirVfwk2nyxgde5Xy5JegY6CwPBEr8Mr4JfggDZsu3L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopoly Power Erases Innovation ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Younts, Stephen. "Monopoly Man Greeting Card." PX Merch. Accessed 12 Feb, 2025. What is monopoly power? Monopoly power is the ability of a company to control the prices of a particular good because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@brookannd/monopoly-power-erases-innovation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@brookannd/monopoly-power-erases-innovation</guid><category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookannd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1vooctvzRkbnxnfy31fiRnC5SYUV5VGXbGFX44vBjNZvuzKz6NhZmrjdyQ477v5xv9gm161P9CCV7fB7KiLQHUV5EpE2irUzKeNqFJ8S2hT93Vki?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopolies and Barriers: Good or Bad for Business?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monopolies and Barriers: Good or Bad for Business? Barriers seem to be bad for business, but who is the one that builds them up? Image Source Monopoly means one seller. So, is that inherently bad? If not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@abbebusoni/monopolies-and-business-barriers-good-or-bad-for-business</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@abbebusoni/monopolies-and-business-barriers-good-or-bad-for-business</guid><category><![CDATA[monopolies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[abbebusoni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 02:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFUDCUEY647wJ5Ag2PHMKs9cTvoP2kphiKHfN397bgJ5u83qKYa2um3f2eafgFCPpTkV8K3GG1FSHvjJPZs9r6WCg6zSrpjEhMcb1kpGWqV8XDjL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopolies (the good and the bad)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Talking of monopoly’s, I think about playing monopoly as a kid and my dad winning as he knows how the game is properly played and holding all the power of the game. Monopoly power in the real]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@mkrey/monopolies-the-good-and-the-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@mkrey/monopolies-the-good-and-the-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[monopolies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mkrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHyB6JhoXfemdHsfKkB1cpCR3ptSGK45A2F2qDNZhzEUwJhtieRizh4E753N1ibd1EuSQATSUH3L3jdHWvq8BdVw6zY718c2i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Fix Monopolies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Mises institute likes to say that Monopolies, in a free market wouldn't exist, however, this is only with a level playing field, and no group that is 10x or 100x better/bigger/stronger than the others.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/how-to-fix-monopolies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/how-to-fix-monopolies</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[builderofcastles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:52:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLB8kPj1yDWEDHTsXmCPYvFFiyttw45Qsbi7uEMZbXGegLGMWud54YiewxkPfv5rQkEjsUouP7FdxJ6MTymwbNt68N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Time Has Come To Take Our Jobs Back!  Personally!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is no secret that our jobs were shipped south, and then overseas. They say it was to seek cheaper labor, but we don't see many people moving factories to where the labor is cheapest. What we do see]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/the-time-has-come-to-take-our-jobs-back-personally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/the-time-has-come-to-take-our-jobs-back-personally</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[builderofcastles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 20:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4iy55UMBxHag8u93venPHRqPPNN7SdmQ2NSwgrgN1JRMVYGtsTveq7xtSE7uzMjEgaAkYQTBmFq5gyiyqPEoTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Monopolies and Truly Free Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[IMG SRC [ (I didn't read this article so it may be utterly disappointing) Today we are diving into Dr. Per Bylund's "Monopoly Power: What Should We Fear?" As its only an hour long seminar, there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eee3031/@dieselchugga/on-monopolies-and-truly-free-markets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eee3031/@dieselchugga/on-monopolies-and-truly-free-markets</guid><category><![CDATA[eee3031]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dieselchugga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:49:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gP9NWeaBMB3uL4nuLHQqsEZhDobUHLMyEwvZmyXXbUKZnwz8hP7jB49e9PVpAZXYVj9SfX3eHuMPv7GNnzbS2JBYbmXfwi9db9C5zgKbw7Esk6toT3woBUhATXCXXyxo3YxMCqz4X4Sa53zq8yDPvkvhoYUVyZa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Board Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Reference Just like the classic game of Monopoly, everybody wants to land on Boardwalk. Not if someone already owns it but as players play the game in spots are beginning to be bought, there's no]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@junior.faul/board-walk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@junior.faul/board-walk</guid><category><![CDATA[monopolies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[junior.faul]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3uGGCvyenqJmh44FbHKAFYyZU4XSv93JewWv3ap263B6QUHQGXw4mobvMe2y42YY2se4tjRGap63XTNeqFqiDkkEGQihRtzTCi78StkpCkogTWPYvJgLBgKdV4xpTfD6wms14Er5FDfY5NLnibAQ66d46DTv5uhWQu35WoKgptoSJrMg8u8wTWfyzLFhoSkU1bGWGzxd7kJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopoly power: good or bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stemming from even before the industrial revolution, monopolies have been of importance to American society and beyond. When learning about monopolies in high school, students may learn about larger-than-life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@cnfrog118/monopoly-power-good-or-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@cnfrog118/monopoly-power-good-or-bad</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cnfrog118]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHWLTenLuooH9AHiSxfQ1DkxNQrJXwrFSa7eVF98mGi3813jYcnfr3gT1RmTcYHjVPsAJ3jGYUTHUk7sNZBAjQJMMNQt57FJ13LvNR9p8TEVoDQMZbB2bPevvaqRQ1F7c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supply Side Economics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supply Side Economics Image source Prioritizing Supply I think that his idea on supply was interesting because he directly associated it with the productivity and efficiency of economies. 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He begins describing it in a way I haven’t heard before,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@robynpascucci/monopolies-are-they-the-real-issue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@robynpascucci/monopolies-are-they-the-real-issue</guid><category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynpascucci]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 03:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvZzmfd8KYwf4VBmQDDZLBs9vPfbNY5VnBUmeX1Bz9iSWokHaaqgp112a7vqgnfx56bxHZn5VKTS8Ga5wiiqgZLbprEcw3A3p2M26eAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopoly Power - Are Government Regulations Helpful or Harmful?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Dr. Bylund’s talk on Monopoly Power addressed what he believed to be common misconceptions about monopolies and concluded with the idea that if government regulations were removed from economics,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eee3031/@alexh2o/monopoly-power-are-government-regulations-helpful-or-harmful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eee3031/@alexh2o/monopoly-power-are-government-regulations-helpful-or-harmful</guid><category><![CDATA[eee3031]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexh2o]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNPKX29KdsYuPy8cwF7TcrxjerX9c5Xz2hdwTtUUKZYF9ZcwHdowi2ZEXDHZUJcuoZ8yiY69YqJRbry3vqiGkPu2rePiRQJRTnBwwRTn2E5ZBbk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Bill Gates and the Uncertain Future of Food Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we emerge from a winter of discontent and global food systems go from bad to worse, there’s trouble in paradise. At the root of these problems, government responses to COVID-19 have contributed to a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@thecogent/bill-gates-and-the-uncertain-future-of-food-security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@thecogent/bill-gates-and-the-uncertain-future-of-food-security</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thecogent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 08:06:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprHLxb9dDNfaNdLXU9QjnP5FDiNrvVxHahA1yF1Utx4vconTFaynYoS3sFddgrmUw2qF8FowwYrvXcadYYgHHo3AFgcqyguhprMKf6pc5kVVa8Ue?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Whole New World]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am seeing something similar in logistics now except the names are not like Kelloggs and Nestle and are unknown, not being so obvious. I have been involved in the manufacturing side of the packing industry]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/a-whole-new-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/a-whole-new-world</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g75vV7n9CBLSnvRN5E2x3m7uS3mKT1BaLxzw2dpDUpHZSRWkeEgeFEfBRXbmkJPHkeGaLxfXaDFCjJhaTHN2NoYpeMnZFAkduPMbzYDCqWcrz58VDXGcgRxmMGHfeuvGHzAYRAwxk1kwyEtiRuBq?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Throw Big Tech in the Briar Patch! - #PropagandaWatch]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bigtech/@borntorelax/don-t-throw-big-tech-in-the-briar-patch-propagandawatch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bigtech/@borntorelax/don-t-throw-big-tech-in-the-briar-patch-propagandawatch</guid><category><![CDATA[bigtech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[borntorelax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 21:59:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQS5NkGjXyRYKmC4aosvnwGfrjWTNhd26Jr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dat - a peer-to-peer protocol]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dat a peer-to-peer protocol Screenshots Hunter's comment Core pieces of the web shape how we communicate and organize. However, these pieces are increasingly controlled by large monopolies. In building]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemhunt/@teamhumble/dat-a-peer-to-peer-protocol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemhunt/@teamhumble/dat-a-peer-to-peer-protocol</guid><category><![CDATA[steemhunt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teamhumble]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZVSYs5DNdTjryubRXHMGFpeHDoWTCpMGFbknEMpkPxb66s9rAHA18J9iwiMQF9dhUQFSvDmEa3ZAx6emoEA79pVmZx76NnaSLKrNn4rt3kuHydAHQxfDXB2YU9fzk9UHaYRvaFwUdq6BzH3tZ9ESEwiHeW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber Or The Monopoly Rights Should Commit Suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uber has a minimum of 3,000,000 drivers globally. If Uber adopts the 10$/month membership model like other tech companies such as YouTube and Microsoft, it would earn a total of 30 million dollars every]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/uber/@alicheaib/uber-or-the-monopoly-rights-should-commit-suicide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/uber/@alicheaib/uber-or-the-monopoly-rights-should-commit-suicide</guid><category><![CDATA[uber]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alicheaib]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:57:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9vRjvCXDFGozz8QvE8pjANvGVaQfvowT9f5apr6Kp58bgj2Je6wKzAgPR9gLYozAMZbqwXGK1MqzcVFGz73HBwe5Pv9aQJA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopoly Rights (aka Intellectual Property Rights or Patents)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos [“alone” or “single”] and πωλεῖν pōleîn [“to sell”]) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity or product. A patent is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intellectualproperty/@alicheaib/monopoly-rights-aka-intellectual-property-rights-or-patents</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intellectualproperty/@alicheaib/monopoly-rights-aka-intellectual-property-rights-or-patents</guid><category><![CDATA[intellectualproperty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alicheaib]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:17:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpu1y4L6jBAfZxE8gnbnn43mYB5z7XmzQn2W3JYtz3pCeeMHXG1iK4ybZuNWkm79gtMHU6YZ1ivB62mSXyWeqdoSJNSo4975uLeCLfj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exit > Voice.]]></title><description><![CDATA[More adventures in Starbucks decaf... This morning, I'm running about 75 minutes later than usual and wasn't leaving from home. Mobile order placed. I arrive to see one grande cup on the mobile shelf...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberalism/@honeybee/exit-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberalism/@honeybee/exit-voice</guid><category><![CDATA[liberalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 22:01:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7111bbdcuxu3bfUg5qaCq8seb5paCtrrT7zMwrGFRd8NtsSLXfx3cx4NZ59NmQbGCYH6ZoUSY7adUmkigBkwtx6DUn1DZowd9Pikm9BLnEjSQh1xfwFQHGv7sJRnedUPtwDGSF9kYMkCb8DNGDk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do You Like These Apples??]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm glad he tied it all together and am just as happy that we seem to be, yet again, independently on the same sheet of music. To demonstrate this agreement, here's the comment I wrote during the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@rltproductions/how-do-you-like-these-apples</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopolies/@rltproductions/how-do-you-like-these-apples</guid><category><![CDATA[monopolies]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rltproductions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHC6nxTAVQUuXokbaTbUJ8gJRQ4JreeGz9C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>