The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914
| Author | : Richard Philip Adelstein |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0415584655 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780415584654 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (654 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914 by : Richard Philip Adelstein
Download or read book The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914 written by Richard Philip Adelstein and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central economic planning is often associated with failed state socialism, and modern capitalism celebrated as its antithesis. This book shows that central planning is not always, or even primarily, a state enterprise, and that the giant industrial corporations that dominated the American economy through the twentieth century were, first and foremost, unprecedented examples of successful, consensual central planning at a very large scale.