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    Rockefeller and Carnegie used unskilled men to do their work, and paid the employees almost nothing. Because Rockefeller and Carnegie monopolized their industries, their employees couldn’t go to a competitor and receive better payment. They did what it took to be the best especially Rockefeller (Frost, 2000). Labor unions were formed in protest of how employees were being treated in factories…

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    The beginning of the book starts out with Brands talking about the United States and the banks along with the need for a strong centralized bank. As large banks came into play so did Wall Street. The books continues with the drawbacks of investing, the big payoffs, and the Wall Street for leaders. And when technology improved to the point of telegraphs internationally, foreign investment in American markets. Soon enough, "The American market was the largest in the world," ( Brands 21). Brands…

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    Have you ever wanted to know about one of the richest men in the world? Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the world. Andrew Carnegie went rags to rich when he established a productive steel company. He eventually sold the business for millions of dollars. Through dedicator, intelligence trial and error, this famous American invented a material that has built the U.S. Andrew Carnegie was a poor immigrant that became the richest man in the world, and then he spent the rest of his life…

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    The third episode of The Men Who Built America focused on the fierce competition among the industries, especially the electrical companies. As Carnegie Steel was imploding among itself due to Frick being a liability, a man who dominated banking and financing in America, J.P. Morgan, was trying to make a name for himself. Despite his father’s warnings, Morgan decided to invest in a new invention of Thomas Edison. Electricity. Edison and Morgan worked together and designed a power grid that…

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    Was Andrew Carnegie a hero, or a villain? By working hard, he was able to become one of the richest men in America and one of the most famous businessman during the 1800’s. He worked in the steel industry and contributed a lot to the American society and U.S economy. But he wasn’t as good as he looked, and he for sure wasn’t a hero. A hero is someone who cares about others and who is admired for having basic human qualities. But Carnegie never cared about people, and he lacked empathy and…

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    Often, instead of appealing to solve business disputes through the law, he preferred to take matters into his own hands (Stiles, “Cornelius”). Vanderbilt’s career was often replete with extortion. When public officials desired to damage stock prices, he punished them by cornering the market in Harlem railroad shares (Stiles…

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    Zaibatsu Corporate Culture

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    Translating to “wealthy clique” the Zaibatsu were the conglomerate businesses created during the Meiji restoration where one company comprised of one family held complete control over all subsidiaries while maintaining a monopoly of the industry sector. Dating back to the Tokugawa period the prominent large merchant houses would transcend to become Zaibatsu and during this time companies were just beginning to form with little separation between shareholders and management. Their economic growth…

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    Rich Dad Poor Dad was a book written by Robert Kiyosaki who changed the way of people in thinking about money, and increasing financial intelligence of an individual. When the book was released, it happened to be that Rich Dad Poor Dad became the number one finance book, and a New York Times bestseller that have been sold for over 32 million copies worldwide. Robert Kiyosaki wrote the book, Rich Dad Poor Dad together with his personal experiences in his life. The story started from having two…

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    At the turn of the twentieth century, a Native American group, the Osage were forced off of their lands and forced to sell. The group moved to what would soon become Oklahoma and bought the land from the federal government for all it was worth, especially what was bellow it. When oil was discovered under the land, the Osage leased their lands to the highest bidder and became some of the richest citizens in America almost overnight. Due to the prejudice towards Native Americans, the government…

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    People start getting more and more wealthy. That’s when big business began to strike up and growth in corporation raised. Once these business got bigger it formed “Robber Barons,” the leaders on the industry. J.D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie was the leaders of the industry with Rockefeller standard oil and Andrew steel. The government tried to protect this by charging taxes. Another impact is that technology brought changes to the way people work. In document 2 its says that the modern…

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