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Monopoly of the Postal Service

In the United States economy most markets can be classified
into four different markets structures. But, each and every market in
the United States is completely unique from the others. Generally the
best type of market structure for the general public is per-fect
competition because it creates the lowest possible price for the
public. There are some exceptions were perfect competition isn’t the
best choice for the public on account of various reasons. The United
States Postal Service is one of them and since the Postal Service is a
monopoly, it is its own market. This paper will discuss the budget
dilemmas that the postal service has faced for the past twenty years
and if it is in the best interest of the economy for the United States
Postal Service to continue as a monopoly.

The first time there was talk of privatizing the Postal
Service was in 1979 when the Postal Service was losing vast amounts of......

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Approximate Word Count: 1312
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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