Farmer, Political Boss, and Immigrant Various people from the late nineteenth century held diverse opinions on political issues of the day. The source of this diversity was often due to varying backgrounds these people experienced. Three distinct groups of people are the farming class, the political bosses, and the immigrants, who poured into the country like an unstoppable flood. These groups of people also represented the social stratification of the new society, which had just emerged from
Introducing a new concept, the author states that “The layoffs are part of a new age of bossism, the notion that management has given up too much control and must wrest it back from employees.” (Rawlinson 2023, para six.) Rawlinson uses an editorial and analytical approach when discussing the topic, including both data, and anecdotes from people
When these large companies have too much power, they are able to completely run the market based on their own agendas. Should smaller companies still exist, the larger firms are able to lower prices and absorb the loss from it where the other company would inevitably fail to compete with the low prices of the firm. Firms like Carnegie Steel and Standard Oil rightfully took advantage of the US free market at the time, but once word of their predatory practices became publically known, these companies