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“I've been among their critics [MBA programs]. Much of what I've seen in business schools is quite non-rigorous. Anecdotal histories are stretched to illustrate favored slogans. Evidence of their effectiveness is similarly anecdotal.”

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Charles R. Morris

Charles R. Morris is an accomplished lawyer, born in 1924. He has extensive experience and notable achievements in the legal field, making significant contributions to the legal community. more

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“Business schools tend to focus on topics that are suitable to blackboards, so they overemphasize organization and finance. Until very recently, they virtually ignored manufacturing. I think of lot of the troubles of the 1970s and 1980s, and now more recently the 2000s can be traced pretty directly to the biases of the business schools.”

Thinking School Focus Trouble Organization Finance Ignored Topics Manufacturing Suitable Business School Blackboard

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“After I finished the Tycoons - on post-Civil War development - I realized how much I didn't know about the first half of the century, even though there had obviously been an enormous amount of development, so I read about and thought about that for a couple of years before I decided I was ready for a book.”

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“My neck is too arthritic to snap around. The big shift in my perspective that happened in the writing process, however, was the paramount importance of the "West" epitomized by Cincinnati.”

Writing Bigs Process Happened Perspective Importance West Necks Writing Process Snaps Paramount

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“The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until quite late in the century. Large-scale natural resource development and processing was the name of the game.”

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“It wasn't openly talked about very much, in the sense that people said they wanted to beat GB at this or that, but there would however be sidelong comparisons frequently in press commentary. And it was also pretty quickly obvious that no other countries were developing the kind of technological depth of industry as were the US and the UK.”

People Kind Said Country Wanted Industry Beats Presses Depth Obvious Developing Comparison Other Countries Technological Commentary

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“The drive to scale in almost every endeavor. The British went very large scale in ship building and a few other industries. Their steel plants were bigger and much more advanced than ours after the Civil War, but we had blown past them by the mid-80s.”

War Past Building Industry Bigger Plant British Scales Ships Civil War Endeavor Steel 80s Large Scale

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“For just a few dollars registration, you got temporary possession of a good piece of land. Live on it for five years, build a house, and farm it, and it was yours. What a brilliant economic stimulus!”

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“Land Grant College Act is the jewel of Republican reform. It had not occurred to any other country to educate their farmers and workers. When the British studied the reasons for American success in 1851, the consensus was that Americans workers were well educated. So they didn't oppose progress the way British workers did.”

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“The War of 1812 perhaps the least remembered of American wars because it was fought in such a left-handed slapdash manner on both sides.”

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“The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market.”

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Author:Charles R. Morris