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The ability of a monopoly to charge high prices and reap high profits is a violation of supply and demand. capitalist justice. imperfect competition. utility.

          The ability of a monopoly to charge high prices and reap high profits is a violation of
  supply and demand.
  capitalist justice.
  imperfect competition.
  utility.
        

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Principles of Economics
Principles of Economics
Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition
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00:01 Hello, we are given a situation of a natural unregulated monopoly and in this scenario what would an unregulated natural monopoly can not lead to that is a question.
00:14 So, here we could see that a natural unregulated monopoly will definitely lead to what is known as sub optimal mix of output.
00:41 This would be there definitely of output.
00:49 Also, we could see that a natural unregulated monopoly will definitely lead to less output than society wants.
01:16 Also, this will lead to an unfair profit, unfair monopoly profit...
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