<Khurais Me A RiverThe Oil DrumDrumBeat: March 13, 2008>

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crobar on March 13, 2008 - 9:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

"In the united states de monopolisation has led to price rises"

No, liberalization without sufficient demonopolisation led to price rises. There must be sufficient competition for liberalisation to be effective.

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BillJames on March 13, 2008 - 3:16pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

In California deregulation allow customers to choose who would bill them for power.

De-monopolization, allows anyone to sell power to the grid. This allows small business to find profitable niches.

There is a huge difference.

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eric blair on March 13, 2008 - 4:03pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

And yet, the people who make claims like yours do not:

1) Set up court watchers.
2) Complain when it is illegal to set up doctor rating systems.
3) Complain when Creekside Beef is treated the way it was.
(there are more, but these are just a simple sample)

But here is the money shot:
"must be sufficient competition"

So, you gonna support the government breaking up GE/WalMart/Boeing/Lockeed-Martin/(blah blah blah)?

How about breaking up AT&T

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BillJames on March 13, 2008 - 4:52pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Strange tie-in but in general, I think there are anti-trust laws for good reason.

If you want innovation, let people bet their own money.

That is the whole problem with ethanol. It is growing because of subsidies, not market demand.

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eric blair on March 16, 2008 - 8:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

If you want innovation, let people bet their own money.

Then why complain about when people who are using there own money (to set up this place) opt to choose where the discussion goes?

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