Rags to Riches: 8 Corporate Giants that Started with Nothing

I was amidst pouring the sum of my knowledge on government taxation and the effect that it has on income disparity into an online argument when I realized it was pointless. In this instance, the other person I was debating with didn’t even have the necessary foreknowledge required for either of us to have meaningful…

Photo by Thomas Hawk 5. Coca-Cola In the 1940’s Coca-Cola was playing both sides of the fence. In America they were providing the troops with tasty drinks and supporting American GIs, all while the company’s German branch, Coca-Cola GmbH, was building bottling factories in occupied states, advertising on Nazi press, and supporting the Nazi cause….

Photo by roarofthefour 6. Stockton, California Stockton is located in north-central California on the San Joaquin River. The city has a population of 300,000. Stockton suffered significantly during the recent recession, as housing prices dropped by nearly 40% in 2008. Then in 2012, the city filed for bankruptcy. Stockton also has one of the highest…

One thing we learn time and time again throughout our public education is that without government monopolies would spawn and gobble up all the capital. We are taught of an age of “robber barons” whose monopolistic greed spurred a new need for government mitigation into the economy. But is that factual? A closer look at…

Photo by simononly 6. Prague, Czech Republic Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague has been a political, cultural, and economic centre of central Europe with waxing and waning fortunes during its 1,100-year existence. Founded during the Romanesque and flourishing by the Gothic and…