Poor Richard's Legacy: American Business Values from Benjamin Franklin to Donald TrumpThis is the first single-volume popular history of American businesss--a book that is so completely fresh in its approach and so entertaining and penetrating in its content that it promises to join the ranks of Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons as a business and social history classic. |
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... writes , Wealth Against Commonwealth " was magnificent ; as a piece of industrial history . . . it was almost utterly worthless . " Yet Lloyd's assault had enormous influence . One reviewer called Wealth Against Commonwealth " the most ...
... writes , Wealth Against Commonwealth " was magnificent ; as a piece of industrial history . . . it was almost utterly worthless . " Yet Lloyd's assault had enormous influence . One reviewer called Wealth Against Commonwealth " the most ...
Page 272
... writes , “ industrialism sets itself against the most ancient and the most humane of all the modes of human livelihood . " The farmer " identifies himself with a spot of ground , " whereas the urban industrial worker is rootless . Both ...
... writes , “ industrialism sets itself against the most ancient and the most humane of all the modes of human livelihood . " The farmer " identifies himself with a spot of ground , " whereas the urban industrial worker is rootless . Both ...
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... writes , “ At IBM , every- body sells ! ... Every employee has been trained to think that the cus- tomer comes first - everybody from the CEO , to the people in finance , to the receptionists , to those who work in manufacturing ...
... writes , “ At IBM , every- body sells ! ... Every employee has been trained to think that the cus- tomer comes first - everybody from the CEO , to the people in finance , to the receptionists , to those who work in manufacturing ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Way to Wealth | 19 |
A SelfInvented MoneyMaking Machine | 46 |
Copyright | |
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