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Chris MacIntosh

The Ugly Truth about Diamonds Monopoly

The word monopoly has its roots in the Greek words monos (single) and polein (to sell). It first appeared in Aristotle’s Politics, where Aristotle describes how in Greece in the 6th century BC the philosopher Thales of Miletus cornered the local olive press market: Thales, so the story goes, because

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