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Richest Americans of all time? (Adjusted for inflation) Donald Trump: $4 Mark Zuckerberg: $35.7 Warren Buffet: $66.7 Bill Gates: $79.2 Cornelius Vanderbilt: $185 Andrew Carnegie: $309

Richest Americans of all time? (Adjusted for inflation) Donald Trump: $4 Mark Zuckerberg: $35.7 Warren Buffet: $66.7 Bill Gates: $79.2 Cornelius Vanderbilt: $185 Andrew Carnegie: $309

J.D. Rockefeller $336 Billion

Big Business New technologies need investments Stock Corporations: businesses owned by many investors who buy shares of stock

Business Management Cartel: businesses making same product work together to control prices Monopoly: complete control of a product or service

Robber Barons of Captains of Industry?

Robber Barons of Captains of Industry?

Social Darwinism Charles Darwin Social Darwinism 1859, published On the Origins of Species Natural selection Social Darwinism Applied Darwin’s theories to business & society Encouraged racism

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