I want to talk about something I want to call an "economic bottleneck". This is a spot where a small number of actors refusing to do business with you can prevent (or severely limit) you from reaching your market.
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Monopoly is a single seller. I mean, a monopoly on banking services is a bottleneck, but so is if there are 2 providers, or 5.
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collusion between nominal competitors is oligopoly, which is nearly indistinguishable from true monopoly.
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A bottleneck can form without collusion though. If no bank will lend you money because your venture is too risky, that's a bottleneck, without collusion.
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