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To: Yorikke who wrote (4096)	6/16/2001 11:14:47 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33421

I believe there is a theory in first year economics that speaks of natural monopolies, I seem to recall the same thing. At least I remember the discourse about public and private market failure... :0) But I also believe in providing mechanisms like PURPA, where monopoly utilities who hike prices too high, will be forced to purchase production from smaller peak producers who find the financial returns hard to resist when they have a guaranteed buyer. Same thing with forcing exchange carriers to grant access to small long-distance carriers. Hawk

To: Yorikke who wrote (4096)	6/16/2001 1:53:16 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 33421

When the Revolution Took a U-Turn Hi Yorrike, As an anarcho-groucho-marxist, I took great delight in the whiz-dom of your statement: As time goes on I am only impressed by the fact that the radical communists were as good at screwing up a not half bad theory as the the radical capitalists are beginning to be at screwing up another. Leninism wasn't Marxism and what we are creating in the US isn't laisse-faire capitalism or a "free" market. Of course, you said it better. :) Cheerio, Ray