It's not a specialty of mine, but in the same way that a lot of specific financial instruments were invented in Italy in the 1400-1600s, a lot about what we understand and experience as Capitalism in America goes very much back to the railroads. Hopefully #Traingang can drop some more recent book recommends.
Hey I didn't knew that, wjere can I read more about it?
I’m not entirely sure if it has to do anything with this map but there were railroad tycoons back in the 1800s
It's not a specialty of mine, but in the same way that a lot of specific financial instruments were invented in Italy in the 1400-1600s, a lot about what we understand and experience as Capitalism in America goes very much back to the railroads. Hopefully #Traingang can drop some more recent book recommends.