antimonopoly
Opposing market dominance
Antimonopoly describes opposition to monopolies or policies designed to prevent them.
Antimonopoly laws and regulations aim to preserve market competition by blocking any single company from dominating an industry: The government's antimonopoly case against the tech giant lasted years.
The term is interchangeable with antitrust in American usage.
Breaking up monopolies
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- Clayton ActFederal antitrust statute
- Federal Trade CommissionAgency overseeing marketplace fairness
- antitrust lawsRegulations preventing corporate monopolies
regulators · compliance · enforcement · divestitures · breakup · consent decree · injunction · penalties
Few firms dominate market
- duopolyTwo-seller market structure
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- market powerControl over transaction terms
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
dominance · barriers to entry · predatory pricing · price fixing · collusion · mergers · acquisitions · vertical integration
Buyer's range of alternatives
- innovationCreating something original
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- competitive edgeAdvantage over rivals
- fair pricingReasonable cost for goods
market entry · level playing field · consumer protection · small business · disruption · rivalry · alternatives · plurality
trustbusting
Breaking up monopolies
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- Clayton ActFederal antitrust statute
- Federal Trade CommissionAgency overseeing marketplace fairness
antitrust laws · regulators · compliance · enforcement · divestitures · breakup · consent decree · injunction · penalties · investigation
oligopoly
Few firms dominate market
- duopolyTwo-seller market structure
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- market powerControl over transaction terms
market share · dominance · barriers to entry · predatory pricing · price fixing · collusion · mergers · acquisitions · vertical integration · market concentration
consumer choice
Buyer's range of alternatives
- innovationCreating something original
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- competitive edgeAdvantage over rivals
fair pricing · market entry · level playing field · consumer protection · small business · disruption · rivalry · alternatives · plurality · open markets
antimonopolyprotectionist
Favors limiting foreign trade
corporatist · laissez-faire · deregulatory · monopolistic · anti-competitive
antimonopolymonopolistic
Having exclusive market control
monopoly · cartel · trust · oligopolistic · oligopoly
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