Lenin in Essen

John Mage jmage at panix.com
Fri Feb 9 20:49:17 PST 2001


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Nor is
> there any compelling evidence of a trend towards monopoly. A study of
> 20 industrial sectors published last summer in the Harvard Business
> Review found increased concentration of market share in only one,
> semiconductors.

Did they include commercial banking?...investment banking?...tv/cable/movie studios and distribution/record companies/commercial book and magazine publishing ("media")? Or by industrial did they mean "manufacturing"? And just how much more concentrated could aircraft, tires, petroleum refining, soap and other detergents, etc. get?

john mage



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