Sears Was the 20th Century’s Amazon
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English - October 19, 2018 15:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsEducation Government usgovernment currentevents economics education news politics usnews worldnews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After 132 years, Sears is filing for bankruptcy. But it’s not necessarily over for the company which has a surprising and honorable history of disrupting racial hierarchies in the days of Jim Crow. On this episode of the FEEcast, Richard, Anna Jane, and Marianne discuss the company that was truly the Amazon of the 20th century and tackle the question: how likely is it that today's corporate giants will stand the test of time?
Show Notes:
Sears, the store that changed America, declares bankruptcy
How Sears mail-order catalogs undermined Jim Crow racism
Antitrust Myths and the Fall of Sears
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