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The unforgivable cost of state-protected monopolies
Category: Blog/Analysis
... FM receivers. This is the unforgiveable cost of state-protected monopolies, of the abuse that comes with unaccountable and sweeping authority. The cost is felt in innovation, investment, new job creation ... Thursday, 18 March 2010 -
The right to sell is no different if you're a farmer, or a doctor
Category: Blog/Analysis
... but that is their problem. At least they had the opportunity to find out. When governments insist on creating employment monopolies they not only destroy this competition for skills but also create ... Thursday, 24 September 2009 -
Strikes won’t help, but a little ingenuity goes a long way
Category: Blog/Analysis
... it be underhanded commercial monopolies, state-supported and owned companies, or even the union practice of demanding sympathy strikes that span the entire economy every time they want to make a point. ... Thursday, 27 August 2009 -
The spectre of loyalty over ability
Category: Blog/Analysis
... African business sector relies not on competitive innovation to keep their customers, but on the protection of being monopolies or oligopolies; where a few companies are able to keep out any new entrants ... Tuesday, 18 September 2007 -
Dave Bullard and Graham Knox: "We can't walk on water so why not try wine?"
Category: Blog/Analysis
... about the wine industry," says an impassioned wine writer. More succinctly, misdirected legislation reinforces the monopolies of the big manufacturers (Distel, KWV and SABMiller) allowing them to ... Wednesday, 20 June 2007 -
Internet Bubble 2.0: the future of dotcom depends on the mobile phone
Category: Blog/Analysis
... the fixed telephone services. The same is true of South Africa. Not so in the US where the government physically dismantled their monopolies and created real competition. It is no surprise ... Tuesday, 24 April 2007 -
Cricket, corruption and the match-fixing that leads to murder
Category: Blog/Analysis
... while allowing the underlying infrastructure to rot, and blaming poor performance (like the current rolling power-outages) on mysterious third-forces. The same is true of numerous state-monopolies; from ... Saturday, 24 March 2007 -
Joost minds the baby: what happens to state control when technology passes them by?
Category: Blog/Analysis
... by indulging in maintaining their monopolies – they are left calamitously behind. The most productive members of an entire nation can move on without physically going anywhere. Governments, ... Wednesday, 21 February 2007 -
What do toilet paper and state monopolies have in common?
Category: Blog/Analysis
... state-owned monopolies. State monopolies so autocratic that no competitive products are allowed? What products would you consider that important? The South African government has quite ... Thursday, 18 January 2007 -
Africa falling ever further behind, says UN
Category: Blog/Analysis
... can be done. Inefficient state monopolies can be deregulated allowing new businesses to be created. Legal systems can ensure equality before the law, rather than entrenching rights for a small ... Sunday, 14 January 2007
