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The founder of the monopoly was in the 19th century in the US with Bell Light company. They were the only providers of electricity in the entire world. This therefore generated the first monopoly that mankind ever knew.
the cost of lawyers and lobbyists hired to convince lawmakers to continue the monopoly.
The Tea Act ended a number of restrictions but retained the monopoly on shipping tea to the colonies. Only the British East India Company could ship tea to the colonies. Parliament and the King insisted on showing they were still all powerful. So, the objection was more a power struggle than anything else.
Trustbusting is the act of taking a conglomeration of companies to court and trying to prove that they are inhibiting free trade. If found guilty the conglomerate would then be broken up into smaller companies, thus preventing a monopoly.
monopoly? The control of a market by a single enterprise that is the only source of supply is a monopoly. Control by a single enterprise that is the only source of demand is a monopsony.