Company Town

Basics

• A Town where a company is the main authority
• They have a Monopoly on sales of goods / services, a Monopsony on employment etc
• "a community that is dependent on one firm for all or most of the necessary services or functions of town "
• An interesting cautionary tale / aspect to avoid in Intentional Communities and the like

Internal Links

• The Circle (Book and Film Adaptation)

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Company Towns
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Knowing Better" Titled "Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns" (This goes over the history of, theory behind, and future of company towns)