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Standard Oil Part II

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What if the Trust Wasn't Broken Up Yet?

In the early days, it was great for consumers that kept prices artificially low. But once they did wipe out all the competition, and rockefeller was against this, but the cronies started doing it. They started raising prices and exploiting monopolistic pricing power. So at a certain point, i think it did become, at least not as good for consumers, consumer harmful.

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