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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Monopoly consumer services

Monopoly consumer services

  • Non-competitive consumer services

Broader

Monopolies
Presentable
Decreasing consumer choice
Presentable

Aggravates

Prohibitive cost of goods and services
Presentable
Haphazard provision of consumer services
Presentable
Denial of right to educational choice
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Monopoly of the media
Presentable
Insurance monopolies in capitalist countries
Presentable
Food monopolies
Presentable

Reduces

Discrimination against local community shopping facilities
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Proliferation of consumer products
Presentable

Strategy

Evaluating effects of world trade agreements on services
Presentable
Strengthening monopoly consumer services
Yet to rate
Operating a monopoly
Yet to rate
Limiting monopoly consumer services
Yet to rate

Value

Monopoly
Yet to rate
Competition [D]
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No PovertySustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Consumers
  • Commerce » Conditions of trade
  • Social activity » Services
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G9420
    DOCID
    11794200
    D7NID
    151098
    Last update
    May 20, 2022