Where I live, we have free healthcare and private providers side by side. Are we discussing theoretical systems or practical implementations?
Quite the opposite, monopolies are by essence what government produces—itself the mother-of-all monopolies. https://mises.org/library/myth-natural-monopoly …
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So the coal, oil and steel trusts of the 18. century was what? Granted by government? A historic accident?
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I'm more familiar with industrial history in the XIXth century, where monopolies can be traced directly to government intervention, protectionism, lobbyism, regulatory capture, and even "antitrust".
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