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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Small town Catholic boy -- Pierre du Pont and John J. Raskob -- The DuPont Company -- Too big? -- A rich life in Wilmington -- Billy Durant -- Family man -- The General Motors deal -- Man of influence -- Crisis manager -- Jazz age hero -- Catholic interests -- John and Al -- The last days of the old order -- Higher and lower at the same time -- Money to burn -- The distant shore. |
| Summary |
Today, consumer credit, employee stock options, and citizen investment in the stock market are taken for granted--fundamental facts of American economic life. But few people realize that they were first widely promoted by John Jakob Raskob (1879-1950), the innovative financier and self-made businessman who built the Empire State building, made millions for DuPont and General Motors, and helped shape the contours of modern capitalism. David Farber's Everybody Ought to Be Rich is the first biography of Raskob, a man who shunned the limelight (he was the anti-Trump of his time) but whose impact o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950.
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Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950. |
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Raskob, John Jakob, 1879-1950. |
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Capitalists and financiers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
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20th century |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Farber, David R. Everybody ought to be rich. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199734573 (DLC) 2012041760 (OCoLC)813540520 |
| ISBN |
9780199908516 (electronic book) |
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0199908516 (electronic book) |
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9780199734573 |
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0199734577 |
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