Old Guy: LOL

Greg F: You seem to feel that people are either angels or devils. Real people are all over the map. You seem to want to line up the robber barons against the wall. I want to distinguish among them that some were way better than others. I thought you agreed that Chernow, with the fairness or at least distance of time, DID give a balanced perspective on John D. Mark Twain, Ida Tarbell, Teddy Roosevelt said a lot of things. Mark Twain had a right to speak about the economy and the change in American life: He himself was obsessed with riches and 'the main chance'. He went broke investing in a typesetting machine. Are you aware that Mark Twain attributed to Henry Rogers, a co-owner with John D and fellow board memeber, who himself had many enemies, with rescuing him from finanacial insolvency.
Incidentally, you should have credited your extended quote above on the Chernow book to a socialist website. Nothing against socialists, but they can hardly be expected to maintain a 'fair and balanced' view of John D.