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Single sellers dominate markets to maximize pure profits

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Why compete when you can just conquer? Becoming the sole provider of a good allows a corporation to charge absolutely absurd amounts simply because buyers have nowhere else to go.

Single sellers dominate markets to maximize pure profits
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