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Old 09-25-2007, 06:27 AM
stephan stephan is offline
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Default Re: Monopolies wouldn\'t exist in the free market?

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3. When a firm goes through stage one, if it is publicly owned and traded, it can be short sold by the general public. This, combined with the whole "running a loss for an indeterminate amount of time" thing are probably why firms don't try this strategy.assumes that they take a loss.

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Worst counter-argument ever. Isn't the definition of predatory pricing selling below cost, aka, losing money?
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