The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914
Author | : Richard Adelstein |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2012-03-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136489709 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136489703 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914 written by Richard Adelstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 310 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.