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I Should Have Been More Clear

By Josh Weil | Published: January 29, 2010
The State is a Monopoly in Higher Education Issues That was the headline the Daily Cal selected for my letter to the editor. Perhaps I should have been more clear, since that wasn’t what I was trying to argue. The State is the largest source of monopoly power because it has a monopoly on force. It uses that [...]
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Monopoly Power

By Josh Weil | Published: January 26, 2010
Here’s a letter that I sent today to the Daily Cal: Decrying privatization and “Monopoly money,” Ricardo Gomez requests your support in handing over more and more responsibility to the government (“The Ongoing Battle for Education Needs Student Support,” Jan 26th). Quick, what is the largest source of monopoly power in California? The correct answer is the [...]
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