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Business as a Living System: Beyond the Robber Baron Legacy

Business as a Living System: Beyond the Robber Baron Legacy

We’ve inherited a system built on control and exploitation. But we don’t have to keep it.

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Michelle Lasley
Jun 23, 2025
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I started watching The Gilded Age. I’m a few episodes into the first season. And by episode two, it was clear that part of the story focuses on the Robber Barons of that era. Do you remember learning about Robber Barons in your history class? They were the industrialists who amassed wealth through exploitative practices. They abused labor, created monop…

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