Please read the article "Apple and the American economy" posted in Articles for Discussion. Would you say that Apple is a monopoly, a monopolistically competitive firm, or a firm in oligopoly?

What is the main point of this article from The Economist? What do you think about the role of Apple in the American Economy, and in the global supply chain? Do you think that it is a typical representative of the current global trends? Why, or why not? This article was published in 2012 - do you think that the situation has changed since then? If so - in which direction? What are the implications for the interconnectedness of the global supply chains? Please discuss.