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Big Business

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corporation
association of individuals continuously existing independent of its members
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific
1886 US Supreme Court case on railroad taxation; corporate personhood
deregulate
removal of government regulatory controls
John D. Rockefeller
U.S. oil magnate, financier and philanthropist
monopoly
exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market
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J.P. Morgan
US financier (of banking house JP Morgan) and philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
US steel manufacturer, owner of Carnegie Steel and philanthropist
Cornelius Vanderbilt
U.S. financier and owner of New York Central Railroad System.
robber baron
ruthlessly powerful U.S. capitalist/industrialist of late 19th century
industrialist
person owning or involved in management of industrial enterprise
capitalism
economic system maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations
trust
large commercial corporation with monopolistic/semimonopolistic control
laissez faire
belief that government should intervene as little as possible in economics
Social Darwinism
social theory inspired by Darwinism, social natural selection
free market
prices/wages determined by unrestricted competition between businesses

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