competitive market.Discuss each one. a)Numerous participants:Roughly how many sellers doyou think are needed to make a market perfectly competitive? b)Homogeneity of product:How would perfect competition be altered if buyers could distinguish between the products of different producers? c)Freedom of entry and exit:How might this condition be violated?What sorts of barriers toentry or exit might exist? d)Perfect information:What exactly needs to be known,and by whom,in order to make competition perfect? (四)教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论等。 Chapter 11 Monopoly (一)目的与要求 the goal here is to knov Understanding monopolized industries and the consequences of such a flaw in the market system (二)教学内容 1.主要内容 Monopoly Defined The Monopolist's Supply Decision Can Anything Good Be Said About Monopoly? Price Discrimination Under Monopoly 2.基本概念和知识点 Pure Monopoly:Barriers to Entry:Patents,Natural Monopoly:Monopoly Profits, Price Discrimination 3.问题与应用（能力要求》 "The government should prohibit price discrimination with the same vigor that it attacks racial and gender discrimination."Discuss. "There are no pure monopolies in the real world.There are always substitutes for the output of any firm.When the price of a good rises,consumers can always decide to buy something else."Discuss. (仁)思考与实践 "One ofthe most ridiculous goverment enterprises is the patent office.It perits inventors of new processes and products to create monopolies,when we know very well 12 12 competitive market. Discuss each one. a) Numerous participants: Roughly how many sellers do you think are needed to make a market perfectly competitive? b) Homogeneity of product: How would perfect competition be altered if buyers could distinguish between the products of different producers? c) Freedom of entry and exit: How might this condition be violated? What sorts of barriers to entry or exit might exist? d) Perfect information: What exactly needs to be known, and by whom, in order to make competition perfect? （四）教学方法与手段 本章教学主要采用课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论等。 Chapter 11 Monopoly （一）目的与要求 the goal here is to know Understanding monopolized industries and the consequences of such a flaw in the market system (二）教学内容 1.主要内容 Monopoly Defined The Monopolist’s Supply Decision Can Anything Good Be Said About Monopoly? Price Discrimination Under Monopoly 2.基本概念和知识点 Pure Monopoly; Barriers to Entry; Patents; Natural Monopoly; Monopoly Profits; Price Discrimination 3.问题与应用（能力要求） “The government should prohibit price discrimination with the same vigor that it attacksracial and gender discrimination.” Discuss. “There are no pure monopolies in the real world. There are always substitutes for the output of any firm. When the price of a good rises, consumers can always decide to buy something else.” Discuss. (三）思考与实践 “One of the most ridiculous government enterprises is the patent office. It permits inventors of new processes and products to create monopolies, when we know very well