monopoly game

• The early bird catches the ... bread? Shopping in Switzerland can be a very strange experience. For example, in reality there are only two main supermarket chains. This lack of choice leads to a rather surreal experience--when you are around other people's flats you'll see a lot of stuff that you own too.

..., only one company is allowed to make the Monopoly board game? Of course, if they allowed others to m...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• What Competition has Done for Europe*

Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, managed to erase "free and undistorted competition" from the proposed new EU Treaty as a main aim of the European Union. Afterwards, he asked rhetorically what competition has done for Europe. This article is an attempt to reply to that very important question. The view of competition and its effects among decision-makers is likely to affect numerous policy outcomes. Throughout history, there has been a struggle between freedom and control in Europe. Competition is the result of economic freedom and the absence of interventions in the economy by the state. And it has done very much indeed for Europe. It may be the single most important reason why the average income in Western Europe is 14 times higher today than in 1820. If anything, Europe needs mo...

...The opposite - a monopoly - has no such incentives. Few and low barriers to ..."champion" originates - one has to win a fair game to be a champion:. 'Imagine a world in which the t...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 4, Décembre 2007