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18 Oct 2021 Acquired Standard Oil Part II
“We will also debate the finer points of where Standard Oil crossed the line between using legitimate business practices like operational efficiency and economies of scale into straight-up abuses of power to grow their massive, massive profits.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Recorded
- 18 Oct 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Standard Oil Part II
Transcript context
…Ben, you're ruining the punchline. We're going to cover Rockefeller’s legacy, philanthropy, and how today's world is a Rockefeller-shaped one in more ways than one. We will also debate the finer points of where Standard Oil crossed the line between using legitimate business practices like operational efficiency and economies of scale into straight-up abuses of power to grow their massive, massive profits. You mean like bribing elected officials?…
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