Zimbabwe: Monopolies Are Hazardous

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The issue of the state protecting monopolies dates back to the era of the East India Company, also referred to as the British East India Company (BEIC), during the colonial times from around 1500.

The British government offered charters that gave the BEIC a monopoly. In economics, that kind of monopoly has a special name--coercive monopoly.

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