The root problem of bad public schools isn't the teachers' unions; it's government-enforced territorial monopolies.

Arnold Kling meditates on the flaws of large organizations, and wonders why government-enthusiasts believe their favorite institution is immune to them. At least large corporations are vulnerable to competition from new firms (unless a government prevents that).

I realize that Macs have gained some market share, but is this result consistent with the "Windows monopoly = browser monopoly" theory that was promulgated during the Microsoft antitrust trial?

Virginia Postrel wrote this in 1999, after Judge Jackson delivered his "findings of fact" in the Microsoft antitrust trial.

How is this possible? I was told that Internet Explorer had a lock on its market share, because Microsoft bundled it with a "monopoly" operating system.

Matt Welch reviews

Will those who said that the AOL/Time Warner merger would lead to monopoly control of the Internet now admit that they were wrong?

A study finds that weakly regulated telecom monopolies spend less than strongly regulated ones do. The conclusion--that strong regulations on monopolies are good for consumers--may be a leap of faith, but it could be true.