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Teddy Roosevelt: “The huge wealth that has been accumulated by a few individuals of recent years, in what has amounted to a social and…”

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The huge wealth that has been accumulated by a few individuals of recent years, in what has amounted to a social and industrial revolution, has been as regards some of these individuals made possible only by the improper use of the modern corporation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the concentration of wealth and its connection to corporate misconduct during a period of industrial change.

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