Capitulation Is Contagious
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How did Cornelius Vanderbilt treat his workers leading to the railroad strike?
Cornelius Vanderbilt was regarded as a robber baron since some of his business practices were deemed to be unethical or unscrupulous. His negative business ideas included deliberately restricting ...
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the ‘Commodore’: the first of the robber barons. The Civil War broke his heart, but made his second fortune. Cornelius was born in 1794 on Staten Island among the harbours that ...
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19 robber barons who built and ruled America
Cornlius Vanderbilt, aka the "Commodore," bought his first small ferry boat with a $100 loan at age 16 and turned it into the world's largest shipping empire. He sold everything before the Civil ...
Andrew Carnegie And The 19Th-Century 'Robber Barons' Have Lessons For Today's Oligarchs About The Responsibilities Of Wealth
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VANDERBILT MEMORIAL OPENED; New Pavilion Donated by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr., Transferred to Trustees of Newport Hospital.
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Andrew Carnegie and 19thC ‘robber barons’ have lessons for today’s oligarchs about responsibilities of wealth
the robber baron label was applied to industrialists and oil magnates like John D Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Carnegie to criticise their perceived ruthlessness. They were challenged for ...