### q7 monopolies control bottlenecks > a monopolist in some sense be defined as a firm that drives its profit model by capturing control over a bottleneck, like a toll booth. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fmd7w1jkns8jbpatr3nv5g8m) - [[Too Big to Sail How a Legal Revolution Clogged Our Ports by Matt Stoller#q7 monopolies control bottlenecks|View in Vault]] This is a great line to start something like [[5 SFF stories about the impact of monopolies]], see also: [[pinch points benefit the few at the costs of the many]]