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"In proposing the federal regulation of business, advocates of the new Hamiltonianism were quite aware of the advantages such regulation would have in shielding them from a hostile public, as well as in introducting stability and control in economic affairs. 'The leading companies should be, and I believe they are, prepared to accept the appointment
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A good book that addresses what you are looking for is Gabriel Kolko's The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916. For example, on page 13, Kolko writes: "Although there was a formal commitment to varieties of laissez faire economic theory in most of the academic world, big businessmen developed their own
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Here are some preliminary observations that I was able to dig up regarding the issue of Mises being funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. I summarize my observations first and then give all the links and quotes later in this post. Keep in mind that these are all just preliminary observations; I do not have a full thesis statement or theory as of yet