The Tannehills, however, maintain that no coercive monopoly of force can arise on a truly free market.

In Section 2 cases, the court has, again on its own initiative, drawn a distinction between coercive and innocent monopoly.

A coercive monopoly has very few incentives to keep prices low and may deliberately price gouge consumers by curtailing production.

Some point out that a monopolist themselves may "employ violence" to create or maintain a coercive monopoly.

Some recommend that government create coercive monopolies.

Although the court ruled against the company, many continue to argue that Microsoft was not a coercive monopoly.

A coercive monopoly would be able to price-gouge consumers secure with the knowledge that no competition will develop.

Undisputed examples of coercive monopolies are those that are enforced by law.

In it, he argues that antitrust law should only condemn coercive monopolies:

It entails the idea that unions act as coercive monopolies by raising wages other than what they would be if there was competition between individual workers.