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crl-16581	Wenzler, John	Scholarly Communication and the Dilemma of Collective Action: Why Academic Journals Cost Too Much	2017-04-19	18	.pdf	application/pdf	11899	413	40	Scholarly Communication and the Dilemma of Collective Action 195 Because journal publishers enjoy a government-created monopoly over the con- tent of their journals based on copyright law and because digital publishing enjoys economies of scale that has allowed a small number of publishers to centralize control of many of the top titles in several fields, the dominant journal publishers could be considered natural monopolies whose prices have to be regulated for the common good. Just as workers can address their dilemma of collective action by forming unions to bargain with employers, universities could join together in a united coalition to negotiate nationwide or worldwide con- tracts with journal publishers.	cache/crl-16581.pdf	txt/crl-16581.txt