:Category:Monopoly (economics)
{{Commons category|Monopoly (economics)}}
{{Cat main|Monopoly}}
{{JEL code|D42, L12}}
Articles related to monopoly, the situation when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity. This contrasts with a monopsony which relates to a single entity's control of a market to purchase a good or service, and with oligopoly and duopoly which consists of a few sellers dominating a market.{{Cite book
|last= Milton Friedman
|title= Capitalism and Freedom
|type= paperback
|edition= 40th anniversary
|date= February 2002 |orig-year= 1962
|publisher= The University of Chicago Press
|page= 208
|chapter= VIII: Monopoly and the Social Responsibility of Business and Labor
|isbn = 0-226-26421-1|title-link= Capitalism and Freedom
}} Monopolies are thus characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service, a lack of viable substitute goods, and the possibility of a high monopoly price well above the seller's marginal cost that leads to a high monopoly profit.
Category:Anti-competitive practices