1. Do men have a monopoly over the best jobs in the United States? If so, how is that monopoly protected? (Feminist)
2. When analyzing the conduct of "modern" industry, Thorstein Veblen argued that captains of industry succeeded by eliminating their rivals through predatory exploitation and thus sabotaging production efficiency for personal fortune.
a. How does John D. Rockefeller's late 19th-century view that he liked to give competitors "a good sweating" and Bill Gates's "We will crush them" approach to Java fit into Veblen's argument?
b. What are the policy implications of predatory exploitation? (Institutionalist)