One of the things that economists like to point out about monopolies, technological monopolies, is that they're really quite robust.
Promoting a diversity of robust and adaptable technological and social options to meet needs, which limits technological monopolies (such as asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), PCBs) and therefore reduces the scale of any surprise from any one option.
It was this unquestioning drive that allowed him to blow past technological hurdles, monopoly power, local regulations, unions, and in some cases, mob-controlled taxi companies.
And growth without competent supervision, except in the case of temporary advantage from technological breakthrough or monopoly, is an unrealistic expectation.
It's a fact that Google's technological prowess and monopoly power give it the ability to exercise significant control over what political content is seen on the internet, and its participation in Washington's lobbying game give it ample incentive to wield that power.
The second half of the twentieth century, of course, also produced liberal-minded dystopias, chiefly concerned with issuing warnings about pollution and climate change, nuclear weapons and corporate monopolies, technological totalitarianism and the fragility of rights secured from the state.
Of course, the legal establishment isn't too thrilled about this technological encroachment on their monopoly.
The asymmetrical knowledge and expertise that enabled lawyers to control legal delivery have ceded a growing segment of its monopoly to technological, process, and project management expertise.
If you strip away the infrastructure business, what you have left is a company that has a fundamental technological strength, a patent monopoly and a capability for providing content to companies that want to practice a particular competency.
Ignatius reminds the reader that technology and innovation are globally accessible today and that neither the U.S. nor any other power have a monopoly on technological or economic innovation. .
Now, the government claims, monopolies constrain technological change.
