[31] Also, there is room for doubt whether Ropke's frequent denunciations of industrial giantism, of the cult of the colossal and of the super-colossal, in short, of
monopolism in all its forms, has earned him many points with another segment of the American public that might logically be expected to support his ideas--the business community.
Like the evils of
monopolism and economic waste, left-wing insurgency and right-wing hysteria were "pathological diversions of energy to be brought back to their normal channels" in the social order.(544) In the twenties, freedom of speech offered Brandeis the best area in which to work out a comprehensive solution to that problem.
Article 6 of the Ukrainian Law On
Monopolism prohibits "discrimination against entrepreneurs." The prohibition is interpreted to apply to bans on sales of products, tax exemptions, low interest loans, budgetary grants or loans, exemptions from paying certain public fees (e.g., land use), rent reductions, or preferential access to specific raw materials.(23) Moreover, article 6 has been held to apply to a variety of other actions by which a state body would convey a commercial advantage to a select group of enterprises, or a commercial disadvantage to a select group of enterprises.
Iranians, in Montazeri's view, wanted change after years of empty government promises, unfair discrimination, mismanagement, administrative favoritism, factional
monopolism and the denial of freedoms guaranteed by the constitution, even though they still remained faithful to Islam and the revolution.
The authors feel that
monopolism the control of the majority of resources by a small group - was the single most important factor causing the poor economic conditions prevailing today.
If it is on the former, there seems little more reason to welcome
monopolism based upon workers' self-management than bureaucratic
monopolism; both involve the pursuit of particular, corporatist interests at the expense of the collectivity.