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I showed how this moral matrix leads liberals to make two points that are (in my opinion) profoundly important for the health of a society: (1) governments can and should restrain corporate superorganisms, and (2) some big problems really can be solved by regulation. I explained how libertarians (who sacralize liberty) and social conservatives (who
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Very quickly the industry consolidated into four major players—Swift, Armour, Hammond, and Nelson Morris, another Chicago slaughterer—with a few other firms, like Wilson or the Cudahys, holding the fifth position from time to time.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
To worship at the altar of mega-scale and to convince yourself that you should be the one making world-historic decisions on behalf of a global citizenry that did not elect you and may not share your values or lack thereof, you have to dispense with numerous inconveniences—humility and nuance among them. Many titans of Silicon Valley have made thes
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Bill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
Roy Choi launched the revolutionary Kogi Korean BBQ food truck in Los Angeles in 2008, offering a fusion of Korean barbecue and Mexican tacos that became a culinary phenomenon. By strategically using Twitter to announce its location, Kogi attracted large crowds and was dubbed the first "viral eatery," establishing Choi as a pioneer of the modern go
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