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The Crisis in Child Care: A Tri-Sector Solution?

UVA Darden

This matter — which particularly affects women and girls — touches issues of health, income, crime, IQ, costs to families and the public, and an individual’s ability to maintain steady employment. Why the Market Can’t Fix It. Q: Why isn’t there already a market-based solution to this problem? Economist James J.

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The Cloud is Not a Railroad - An Argument Against the Vertical Separation of Cloud Providers

High Scalability

Wikipedia: A natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of the market give the largest supplier in an industry, often the first supplier in a market, an overwhelming advantage over potential competitors. Let's look at the size of the market.