Barkey believes consumer choices, not government management of innovation, is the best marketplace regulator. We live in an age when the term monopoly has a very negative connotation, but we ought to examine in what sense the word deserves this negative assessment. Much of the modern-day concern about the existence of monopolies is woefully misdirected, argues Cleveland. The government's current assault against Microsoft provides good evidence of a very misinformed understanding about what constitutes a detrimental monopoly. Socializing the health care system is not the solution to today's problems, Mylod asserts.
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According to the Justice Department, Microsoft's decision to integrate its Internet Explorer browser into Windows was no different from, say, requiring a car buyer to use only gasoline sold by the car manufacturer. 161 Ottawa NW, Ste.