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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
Competition
Wasteful
Genius
Businessmen
Achieve
Achieving
Learned
Scandal
Simply
Businessman
Free
Monopoly
Many
Efficient
Like
Corruption

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