A description and example of a natural monopoly, along with a graph showing costs and product demand.

Examples of large country importers and large country exporters are used to explain and compare the concepts of monopolies and monopsonies.

1896, A Website for Political Cartoons traces the movement against trusts and monopolies, including excerpts from newspaper articles and speeches as well as links to political cartoons about trusts.

Map showing the location of the Congo State within the African continent, with the equator and Congo River indicated. The Congo State, controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, was established in 1885 as a corporate state similar to the...

A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

Ptolemy the Second ascended the throne in 285 BC and reigned with his father until 283 BC, when he became the sole ruler of Egypt. He introduced the monopoly system in various fields such as agriculture and building projects. He also...

This site focuses on the interdependence of firms in an oligopoly, and shows through the use of a game tree how these firms are tempted towards the practice of collusion.