Scenarios about 'monopoly'
The concentrated control of a market or industry by a single entity, often leading to reduced competition and increased prices. Monopolies have historically prompted government interventions like the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 in the United States, which sought to break up corporations like Standard Oil and American Tobacco. In alternate history scenarios, different regulatory approaches to monopolies can significantly alter economic development, technological innovation, and political power structures.
What If AT&T Was Never Broken Up?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1984 breakup of the telecommunications giant AT&T never occurred, potentially reshaping the modern internet, mobile revolution, and American corporate landscape.
What If The Bell System Monopoly Never Ended?
Exploring the alternate timeline where AT&T's telecommunications monopoly was never broken up, fundamentally altering the development of American telecommunications, the internet, and global technology markets.