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A 14 page paper which examines economic giants such as Microsoft, Google, and eBay as they reflect the presence of the past Fords and Rockefellers. The paper further examines these giants, and past giants, as they relate to the American Dream, while also examining the American Dream in and of itself. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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was Benjamin Franklin. He was a man who believed that through hard work, honorable actions, and diligence a person could become successful, possessing all they needed, and thus finding the
American Dream. Since Benjamin Franklin, however, this dream has altered in many different ways in society. Some of the most powerful, and prominent men in history who achieved what
Americans considered to be that American Dream were Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Warren Buffet. In recent times the nation has known the corporations known as Microsoft, eBay, and
Google. While the dream has obviously changed, as have the various industries that prove successful, there are many elements concerning the corporations/figures of the past as they relate to the
present. The following paper offers the following categories as this American Dream is examined: Fords, Rockerfellers; Microsoft, Google, eBay; and the American Dream. Fords, Rockerfellers, The story of
the Fords and the Rockefellers, or Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller, begins at the end of the 19th century. One author notes that, "Corporate consolidation roared along in the
1890s and 1900s. As a result the Progressive Era put antitrust high on its agenda" (Jensen, 2007). At this point President Roosevelt moved forward with the approval of "good" trusts
and then sued the "bad" trusts that essentially took advantage of small businesses and the people (Jensen, 2007). One of these "bad" trusts was the Standard Oil Company which was
owned by Rockefeller (Jensen, 2007). "John D. Rockefeller had used his financial power to destroy and buy out his competitors and made
secret rebate deals with railroads to build his monopoly in the oil business" (Jensen, 2007). He was the wealthiest man in the world at the time and became the focus
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