| State monopolies or privileged private companies secure strategic resources and keep open the conduits that provide money to the metropole. |
| Working for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mr Lay became a keen advocate of the liberalisation of gas and electricity monopolies. |
| In addition to legal reforms there are changes in market regulation pertaining to the state monopolies. |
| Do we really want to return to the bad old days of state-owned monopolies in the utilities sector? |
| Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats. |
| The Essential Services Act would also apply to water, gas and other key public services now controlled by private monopolies. |
