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Article — From the February 2012 issue

Killing the Competition

How the new monopolies are destroying open markets

By Barry C. Lynn

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Readings — From the August 1998 issue

Selling Windows to the world

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Notebook — From the January 1994 issue

Robber barons redux

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IBM on trial

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By William Rodgers

Games some people play — From the November 1972 issue

Gentlemen prefer monopoly

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By Milton Viorst

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Beyond the ITT case

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Municipal monopoly

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U.S. vs. A&P

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Battle of titans

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What is monopoly?

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Aspects of monopoly one hundred years ago

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A hitherto unpublished essay

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Camphor

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An industry revolutionized

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Fiction — From the August 1898 issue

Roden’s corner (chaps. XXIX-XXXII)

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Roden’s corner (chaps. XXV-XVIII)

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Roden’s corner (chaps. XXI-XXIV)

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Roden’s corner (chaps. XVII-XX)

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Roden’s corner (chaps. V-VIII)

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Roden’s corner (chaps. I-IV)

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