Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire
What actually breaks a monopoly when the monopoly controls much of the system in which competitors must operate?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire by Peter B. Doran as our lens, this episode explores the rise of Standard Oil and the rival commercial networks that eventually challenged John D. Rockefeller’s dominance.
Standard’s extraordinary power emerged from the interaction of scale, refining, transportation, pipelines, distribution, capital, and…
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