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jon-nyc
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Interesting piece.

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I wonder if Holiday Tree Farms has any monopsony power.

The rest of it is just a good description of how a competitive market works, from agricultural producer up through distributor to final retail outlet.
 
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It's the details that are interesting, more than the market structure.


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Billy Dunavant's company was practically the only buyer of cotton for many years. He controlled the market.
I always called it a monopoly. Despite a number of hours of credit in economics I never encountered the term "monopsony". I suppose Dunavant had a monopsony.


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Monopoly -- single seller.
Monopsony -- single buyer.
 
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