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The Other Aging of America: The Increasing Dominan...
Or it could be that there are fewer anti-monopoly laws, and that's resulted in huge megacorporations, especially in areas like banking.
gcp
on Aug 1, 2014
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...not to mention things like the patent system, which also help the established.
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That too, but the patent system hasn't changed since 1980, whereas enforcement of laws against monopolies declined.
nitrogen
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The courts have changed the way they interact with the patent system multiple times since then.
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