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Topic: Cornelius Vanderbilt
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A Disposition to Be Rich
The author's great-grandfather was the Bernie Madoff of his age – a Ponzi schemer and con man who cheated a US president and kidnapped his own son.
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Robert Reich
What kind of society do Republicans want? It looks like social Darwinism.
They’re not conservatives. They’re regressives. And the America they seek is the one we had in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century.
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Reader recommendation: The First Tycoon
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Reader recommendation: The First Tycoon
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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National Book Award 2010 nominees: one big surprise
The author who was not nominated for a 2010 National Book Award – Jonathan Franzen – is getting at least as much commentary as those who were.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/6/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Chapter & Verse
2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in letters and drama
"Tinkers" by Paul Harding surprised many by winning the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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The Reformed Broker
What entrepreneurs will thrive now: innovators or 'gamers'?
Innovators like Cornelius Vanderbilt outdid political entrepreneurs like Robert Fulton two centuries ago. Who will win out today?
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Best books of 2009: nonfiction
The nonfiction books we liked best in 2009.
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
A man of brutal force, Cornelius Vanderbilt – for better and worse – helped to shape American business culture.
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