Answer:
Monopolies are bad for the economy because lack of competition allows a few to set prices, stagnate competition.
Explanation:
How did the rich take advantage:
The rich had ready capital to either buy out smaller competitors or drive them out with undercut prices until the competitor failed, then prices to consumer went back up even higher.
It happened in the early industrial revolution: Rockefeller/Standard Oil,
Carnegie and JP Morgan= Steel industry
Still going on today, especially in the tech arena.
Able to manipulate what we buy, the way we think, etc.
We need to be responsible, situationally aware consumers.
Passing first laws requring to provide intruction for there children
They could not learn how to read or write it was seen as a privilege only a powerful white man should know.
