<?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>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:33:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/oligopoly/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How a Quiet Oligopoly Rules the Global Fragrance Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you had strolled through the SIMPPAR expo in Paris this June, you’d likely catch whiffs of citrus, jasmine, and maybe something synthetic. But beneath the intoxicating cloud of aromas, there was something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@levidesmond69/how-a-quiet-oligopoly-rules-the-global-fragrance-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@levidesmond69/how-a-quiet-oligopoly-rules-the-global-fragrance-industry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-112018]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[levidesmond69]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZKNfGFWThUnnqww7RkJiktuGGzyQqWK8gA1P6k2UY8AxGCMYcpNLzXDNjmr4Hry2bQ6YNq6ouRzc9wtLDuVHyXbsbcGc1V8pRnArH4c5wNaKKEkHycsK1Xgz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Elon Musk an oligarch?]]></title><description><![CDATA[ol·i·gar·chy /ˈäləˌɡärkē/ noun a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution. -a country governed by an oligarchy. "the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/words/@mingus/is-elon-musk-an-oligarch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/words/@mingus/is-elon-musk-an-oligarch</guid><category><![CDATA[words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mingus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:12:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPesa5V2iBVVMg7FNJYxibZwG5iDEZArJmq26zfDcB7AGSaHtkeb1EYjMnBrJshEp9H6vonwjJ7Smq2dLecPBKr3jBgKpRVvRCxNASkUaZVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oligopoly – The market structure that does not let the market decide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone, I have posted many times about market structures. I believe the types of market structures within an economy play an enormous role in how the economy functions and how well free markets operate.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@spectrumecons/oligopoly---the-market-structure-that-does-not-let-the-market-decide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-112018/@spectrumecons/oligopoly---the-market-structure-that-does-not-let-the-market-decide</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-112018]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[spectrumecons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3RTd4iuWD6NUeJEn5AVrJUoyatFqBqfcCJi1N7UixR4g2KPKN7w8NpZL7qp5rFx1dpfXhVFmD1NtuEwWcxoeCJmkTQPL47eNVVuU8AgfXXx1FSgyhgYB97QLKhJ9hV11598Ps7E19GC5UfwVTu4gxqdMtNf7DuFd97Xsq7zKb8C9bk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coordinated attack on Parler - Time to vote with dollars. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[All free speech issues aside, what's happening to Parler from an economics standpoint is a coordinated effort among several multi-billion dollar tech companies coordinating to stomp out a start-up. I thought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/social/@flexbooth/coordinated-attack-on-parler-time-to-vote-with-dollars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/social/@flexbooth/coordinated-attack-on-parler-time-to-vote-with-dollars</guid><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi6ksuzVh6Jg2nEp6wn6URVpJYJ87uTQCYCoxGtAqPMhn8oDdtSjPWEwzz8znKfw3og3JktuzjDWCPp6iqk5AGAz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Monopoly or Oligopoly of the 5 corporations in all industries]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always said that the world is being controlled by a few people who just offer what we need as well as utilize all our data to ensure that we aren’t going out of their puppet watch anytime soon.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@busted1/the-monopoly-or-oligopoly-of-the-5-corporations-in-all-industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-175254/@busted1/the-monopoly-or-oligopoly-of-the-5-corporations-in-all-industries</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-175254]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[busted1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 06:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GKLYZL2dmqFQ5n89ZUx3LeT3sJ9pX2fsiNr2XgrM5KR6YTmqrwqav4Xke32upGq1FvW5WKmynRU3ekkAHNEMJbaiqV5UGt8qFbHKQn4n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SYNDICALISM]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to comprehend the ontological construction below, please refer to the respective posts for all notions in italic. The interaction between the oligopolistic and oligopsonistic practises creates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/syndicalism/@kaleryd/syndicalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/syndicalism/@kaleryd/syndicalism</guid><category><![CDATA[syndicalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaleryd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:26:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[OLIGOPOLISTIC MARKET]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to comprehend the ontological construction below, please refer to the respective posts for all notions in italic. Divided monopolistic supply and monopolistic demand furnish the oligopolistic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oligopolistic/@kaleryd/oligopolistic-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oligopolistic/@kaleryd/oligopolistic-market</guid><category><![CDATA[oligopolistic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaleryd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter communications]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBEW LOCAL UNION #3 has been on strike for close to six months fighting corporate greed! Charter communications is tryin to starve its members into submission! Let's all face It no one likes the cable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ibew/@fapapotomus/charter-communications</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ibew/@fapapotomus/charter-communications</guid><category><![CDATA[ibew]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fapapotomus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2017 02:18:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A terrible myth is surrounding millennials and entrepreneurship]]></title><description><![CDATA[A terrible myth is surrounding millennials and entrepreneurship | Business Insider The author correlates "oligopoly" with rising college debt. I tend to agree; risk has a price (like everything else) and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/oligopoly/@kilrathi/a-terrible-myth-is-surrounding-millennials-and-entrepreneurship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/oligopoly/@kilrathi/a-terrible-myth-is-surrounding-millennials-and-entrepreneurship</guid><category><![CDATA[oligopoly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kilrathi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpDVAjK8rACr3AdAvPy8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>