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AP Wire. (8 Mar 2005) "Anti - Monopoly Agency Rules Against Intel. The New York Times. Business News. Retrieved 8 Mar 2005 at http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Japan-Intel.html
One of the central concerns regarding government regulation of businesses and the establishment of monopolies is to protect the consumer by creating an open sphere of market competition. But what of a marketplace where a non-sanctioned monopoly has ensued where the consumer is not being unduly harmed? The economic theory of supply and demand holds that when supplies are kept artificially low, prices are kept artificially high. Traditionally, the defense against prohibiting monopolies are that "in a market that has only one or few suppliers of a good or service, the producer(s) can control price, meaning that a consumer does not have choice, cannot maximize his or her total utility, and has have very little influence over price." (Investopedia, 2005) But even when a firm does not directly abuse its status as a monopoly, should it still be allowed to continue its practices?
Japan's anti-monopoly Federal Trade Commission recently released a report that said Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker, broke Japanese antitrust laws by trying to elbow out rival microprocessor-makers through extending discounts and marketing payments given to personal computer makers in exchange for exclusive or near...
But Intel Company spokesman Chuck Mulloy in California said no evidence existed that Intel's discounts led to higher prices or a lower supply that could lead to higher prices for consumers. (AP Wire, 2005)
In other countries, antitrust regulators typically look beyond competitors, he said. "The Japanese FTC appears to be focusing only on harm to competitors as opposed the consensus view in the antitrust community that you should look at what happened to the market or, more importantly, to consumers," said Mulloy. "That analysis and that consideration are absent from this recommendation," and from most Japanese anti-trust law recommendations in general (AP Press Wire, 2005)
Market Outcome
Thus, while anti-trust law in America focuses on harm to American consumers, Japan's FTC anti-trust philosophy is geared to creating an overall better business environment for businesses as well as simply for consumers. Intel is purportedly engaging in actions to keep CPUs (central processing units) made by competing companies from being used and substantially limiting the CPU sales sector for Japanese personal computer makers. Thus, Intel is stifling the development of potential but much smaller rivals such as microprocessors made by rivals including Advanced Micro Devices Inc. And Transmeta Corp.'(AP Press Wire, 2005) If the case was…
Work Cited
AP Wire. (8 Mar 2005) "Anti - Monopoly Agency Rules Against Intel. The New York Times. Business News. Retrieved 8 Mar 2005 at http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Japan-Intel.html
Investopedia. (2005) "Economics Basics: Monopolies, Oligopolies, and Perfect Competition." Investopedia.com. Retrieved 6 March 2005 at http://www.investopedia.com/university/economics/economics6.asp
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