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The American economy and the myth of free enterprise
A historical analysis traces the rise of free enterprise in the United States from colonial roots to the 1929 crash. It weighs benefits like high living standards and innovation against flaws such as cycles, inequality, and looming depression, forecasting hard lessons for democracy.
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Paul A. Samuelson
America
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Regents of
The
University of California
Calvin Coolidge
Main Street
Wall Street
American
Europe
Michael Faraday
England
Cornelius Vanderbilt
U. S
Edwin Land
Congress
Patty Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
San Simeon
California
William James
Henry James
Ireland
Abraham Lincoln
Old Country
John Smith
Virginia
Captain Smith
Saturday Evening Post
Henry Ford
Alva Edison
Harvey Firestone
John Wanamaker
Edwid Bok
Judge Gary
U. S. Steel
Chicago Board of Trade
John D. Rockefeller
Ivy Lee
Chicago Midway
North America
Martin van Buren
Herbert Hoover
Mary Elizabeth Lease
U.S
Asia
Horatio Alger Jr
Chambers of Commerce
Bismark
Gladstone
Germany
Britain