The monopoly problem mankind has to face today is not an outgrowth of the operation of the market economy. It is a product of purposive action on the part of governments. It is not one of the evils inherent in capitalism as the demagogues trumpet. It is, on the contrary, the fruit of policies hostile to capitalism and intent upon sabotaging and destroying its operation.
MISES, LUDWIG VON, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, PricesEvery coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action.
RAND, AYN, Antitrust: The Rule of Unreason, Voice of ReasonWhy is it so difficult to understand that the marketplace is a far better evaluator of Microsoft’s product than a federal judge who tries to synthesize, express, and enforce the whims of 20 million consumers whom he’s never talked to?
ROBERTS, TED, Regulator, Unbundle Thyself, Liberty, November 2002