In A Free Market Greed Prevents Monopoly Case Study
Activity 2 BSAD 1050
1. In a free market, greed prevents monopoly. Explain. A free market prevents a monopoly because it does not allow someone or, some company, to corner the market. There is always someone else that is willing to make or sell a product for the same or lesser price. For instance, in a free market there is not just one phone or cable company providing television or phone service. Other companies are allowed by law to provide those same services. Since the goal of the people who started those companies are out to make money. They are going to provide television and phone at a competitive price to draw consumers to them. Up until the middle 1980’s Bell telephone companies had a monopoly across the United States, until the government came back and split up the AT&T Corporation into separate companies. Now there are companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, and Ameritech. If there were not people or companies like this willing to start competing companies for their own “greed”. Consumers wouldn’t have a choice and would be forced to all take their business to one company, in turn, creating a monopoly.
2. What economic factors explain why Americans enjoy much more wealth than Haitians? …show more content…
According to the Wikipedia article “Economy of Haiti”. Banks in Haiti have collapsed on a regular basis. In 2000 President Aristide had introduced a non-sustainable plan of “cooperative” which promised investors a 10 percent rate of return. In that same year those cooperatives fell apart and Haitians had lost over $200 million U.S. dollars collectively. Also since most of Haiti’s banking takes place in the city of Port-au-Prince credit and loans are not readily available to the rest of the
1. In a free market, greed prevents monopoly. Explain. A free market prevents a monopoly because it does not allow someone or, some company, to corner the market. There is always someone else that is willing to make or sell a product for the same or lesser price. For instance, in a free market there is not just one phone or cable company providing television or phone service. Other companies are allowed by law to provide those same services. Since the goal of the people who started those companies are out to make money. They are going to provide television and phone at a competitive price to draw consumers to them. Up until the middle 1980’s Bell telephone companies had a monopoly across the United States, until the government came back and split up the AT&T Corporation into separate companies. Now there are companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, and Ameritech. If there were not people or companies like this willing to start competing companies for their own “greed”. Consumers wouldn’t have a choice and would be forced to all take their business to one company, in turn, creating a monopoly.
2. What economic factors explain why Americans enjoy much more wealth than Haitians? …show more content…
According to the Wikipedia article “Economy of Haiti”. Banks in Haiti have collapsed on a regular basis. In 2000 President Aristide had introduced a non-sustainable plan of “cooperative” which promised investors a 10 percent rate of return. In that same year those cooperatives fell apart and Haitians had lost over $200 million U.S. dollars collectively. Also since most of Haiti’s banking takes place in the city of Port-au-Prince credit and loans are not readily available to the rest of the