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15 Cards in this Set
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Carnegie |
began investing in bridges, then stole the bessemer steel process from england |
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Cronon-Pricing The Future:grain |
an interdependence between cities(chicago), and the farms of the midwest. rail is crucial |
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Levy-the trust question |
Wright left the infrastructure of corporate risk management. Perkins left a vision for the state as a last resort risk manager of citizens |
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Cohen-Encountering Mass Culture |
1890 depression occurs because companies are producing more goods than they could sell. rockefeller starts mergers. branding and department stores rise |
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Davidson- Building for war preparing for peace |
GOCO factories bring u.s. production to new heights |
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Cohen- From town center to shopping center |
commercializing space brought market segregation. privatizing the market space limited our rights. not having a place to speak freely threatens democracy |
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Nader- The Great American Gyp |
with growing consumerism comes growing dissatisfaction |
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Friedman-The Social Responsibility Of Business |
Business's only responsibility is to increase profits within the rules. not all rules are government enforced however. busi would make more money if that was its sole focus |
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Powell Memo |
urged busi to use the courts as a social,economic, and political instrument. urged business to mold politics. |
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Davis-From Banks to Markets |
after GS was repealled, banking dominated by a few conglomorates, owned by foreign country investment funds.2008 u.s. invests 100b in largest banks |
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Hacker-The great risk shift |
with declining welfare, risk is shifting from businesses to american families. Family and workplace offer far less stability than before. corps are cutting back on healthcare and pensions during economic decline |
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Glass steagall (1933) |
Prohibits commercial banks from participating in investment banking and insurance |
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Gram-leach-bliley |
Repealed GS. Creates banks too big to fail, massive political power |
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National labor relations act |
Protection of unions |
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Works progress administration |
Hires unemployed |
