Poe Ballantine Quotes

I'm not one of those people who hates Amazon because they're big. Why pay a third more for the same thing?

Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.

History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.

Combinations [large corporate conglomerates], governed entirely by the law of greed … threaten the integrity of our institutions.

The holder of a monopoly is a sinner and offender.

There seems to be something sacrosanct about big business.

Capitalism will kill competition.

To control the American market is to own America.

Corporate executives are not all that conservative….They are not interested in the social issues and the big boys and girls are not interested in fighting regulation because that’s what keeps the little boys and girls from becoming big boys and girls.

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

Amazon's outsized power is looking less and less like smart business and more and more like oppressive politics - one company bullying us all.

Google is basically too big for anyone to go against in a serious way.

I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.

It's a big and growing problem, the amount of power possessed by Google and Facebook. President Eisenhower said it about the military-industrial complex. They pose a grave threat to our democracy.

Established technology companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google have expanded their reach and influence throughout the world. And while many countries have pushed back against that spread, our government has essentially left them alone.

Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it.

We need fair rules of the road, so big corporations can't use their power to gain unfair advantages.

We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy.

Superior sales and distribution by itself can create a monopoly, even with no product differentiation. The converse is not true. No matter how strong your product-even if it easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately-you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.

Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat.

The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very powerfully influences how the government works and it of course influences corporate sector elements, like say how Google or Amazon present materials that reach the public.

You have to find a small market in which you can get a monopoly and then quickly expand.

Cartels have spread and will spread as long as the world lacks an effective mechanism by which balanced expansion may be achieved without a resulting disruption of prices.

Large corporations are amassing so much power in our economy. Sometimes it's called market concentration or even old-fashioned monopolies.