Railroad pools in the 19th C.  Before the pools, they were more like the drug 
"cartels", trying to sabotage others to diminish competition; i.e., a 
pre-cartel.


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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Devine
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:10 PM
To: Progressive Economics
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Cartels [was JPMorgan ...]

me:
>> (By the way, have there been many (or any) cartels that weren't 
>> approved by their governments?)

martin schiller wrote:
> Drugs?

Drug cartels -- in Colombia or elsewhere -- don't fit the economist's 
definition of "cartel." Economic cartels restrict supply, while drug cartels 
hope to expand it.
--
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and 
let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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