Ideology

Milton Friedman's 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits' Establishes Shareholder Primacy Doctrine

1970-09-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Economist Milton Friedman publishes his landmark essay ‘A Friedman Doctrine: The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits’ in The New York Times Magazine, establishing the intellectual foundation for shareholder primacy and profit maximization as the sole corporate …

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Manifest Destiny Ideology Provides Racist Justification for Territorial Conquest and Indigenous Genocide

1845-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

John L. O’Sullivan coins the term “Manifest Destiny” in 1845 to describe the expansionist belief that American settlers are destined to expand westward across North America, and that this expansion is both obvious (manifest) and certain (destiny). The ideology is rooted in American …

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