Question about theoretical monopolies

I haven’t read any major works related to the Austrian School of economics, just have read articles from the mises institute or other secondary sources. I understand monopolies are viewed as only a problem if they control the inputs for their product, as otherwise competition is always a threat. But what would AE suggest in such a situation where they did control the inputs? What would that even look like pracrically?

Like I can envision if a steel company owned 100% of the iron in a state and government forcing them to sell a portion of it

But what if the inputs are primarily information, as in the case of many modern industries that are locked behind IP and patents to an extraordinary degree?

Would government intervention be employed to force the inputs to be availabile? Or are there alternate solutions?

submitted by /u/Revolutionary-Mud446
[link] [comments]

Liked Liked