The John Hyde Archives
Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.
Monopoly
The TPC & the IATA Agreement
- The problem with the trade practices commission is that the most serious monopolies are out of its reach.
- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a price maintenance agreement that allows for cabin crew to share in the monopoly margins through their union.
The W.A. Sheep Meat Industry
- The Lamb Board shows the consequence of instituting a government-controlled monopoly versus a free market.
- Both consumer and producers have been prejudiced.
Health Care 3: Medicare
Monopoly Regulation Competition
- Medical fraud by doctors in a statutory monopoly
- Firing a doctor removes his/her service from the community
- The best is no Medicare; the market decides
- * But what about a naturally formed cartel?
NSW Egg Corporation
- Even though the NSW Egg board has been mandated to be efficient, it can never be truly efficient as it is a monopoly.
On the right to strike
Industrial Relations Monopoly Law
- There is a misuse of legal power to create monopolies.
Not Lazy (Published in the Weekend Australian as Monopolies corner the market in frustration)
Protectionism Monopoly Regulation Business
- Australians are more often frustrated with government regulations than lazy.
- Monopolies are the reason for Australia's lost competiveness than laziness.
Senator Walsh
- Senator Walsh made a case that a private monopoly is superior to a public monopoly.
Wheat Marketing: A Case Study of Monopoly
Protectionism Cronyism Monopoly
- Monopolists argue that increasing size will allow for economies of scale but without competition that is no onus to pass on the benefits.
- Wheat growers that keep silent about their lack of choice allow their impoverishment.
The Liberals IR Policy
Industrial Relations Monopoly Competition Regulation
- To protect the public from monopolies, the best alternative is to allow competition. Any reduction will reduce the pain of getting our economic house in order.
Wheat Marketing: Too Much Politics
- When any vested interest creates a monopoly, the price of the product is then raised.
The Coalition
Regulation Monopoly Cronyism Politics
- It is in the national interest to avoid all unnatural monopolies.
- If the National Party does not want a free wheat market, who will believe them when they call for deregulation.
The OTC Sacking
- Monopolies do not go broke as they can pass on any unnecessary costs on to their customers.
Policing the Media
- The limitations that government places on the media outlets are unnecessary.
- One wonders if the government would like the media to feel obligated to them.
Telecom
- Telecom is Australia's biggest state-backed monopoly. It should be broken up and privatised. However, the biggest opposition to such a plan is political not economic with 85,000 employees.
Beyond Keynesianism And Monetarism
- Monopolies produce less at higher prices and will not maximise the community's welfare.
About
John Hyde OAM is a former Australian politician. He was elected as the member for the Division of Moore in Western Australia for the Liberal Party.
John Hyde OAM is the author of Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom.