Not really...you can have several companies in the same business that through price collusion and other illegal/unethical practices, create what is essentially a monopoly.
-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:22 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FW: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban Isn't the term "series of monopolies" a contraindication? An oxymoron if you will? On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > the energy market is not a free market. Its a series of monopolies > that are minimally regulated. That's why speculation has such a great > impact. > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 'distorts' is putting it nicely. > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Larry C. Lyons > > <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> still applies. speculation really is very similar - it distorts the > >> so called free market. > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:54 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I was talking about gas speculation, not stopping congress from > >>> insider trading. > >>> > >>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Larry C. Lyons > >>> <[email protected] > >wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> What's so free about a market where small groups with information > >>>> that others do not have, and technically should not have that > >>>> massively impacts on their profit. if anything that's exploitation. > >>>> > >>>> What you saying that is OK is crony capitalism where its not what > >>>> you know or yoru talent, but that you're part of a select faction > >>>> That is not what Adam Smith envisioned for capitalism. Its more > >>>> akin to what you saw in Breznev's Soviet Union or some third world dictatorship. > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:41 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> > Yeah screw the free market. > >>>> > > >>>> > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Eric Roberts < > >>>> > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> >> > >>>> >> That would be awesome > >>>> >> > >>>> >> -----Original Message----- > >>>> >> From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions > >>>> >> [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:46 PM > >>>> >> To: cf-community > >>>> >> Subject: Re: FW: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Up next, they ban Speculators to keep lower gas prices before > >>>> >> the > >>>> election. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> http://evilspeculator.com/ > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Eric Roberts < > >>>> >> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > This is good. > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > From: The National Memo > >>>> >> > [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:01 PM > >>>> >> > To: [email protected] > >>>> >> > Subject: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349527 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
