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Thomas Alva Edison's “Treatise on National Economic Policy and Businessâ€

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Thomas Edison's achievements as an inventor-entrepreneur tend to overshadow the fact that his knowledge and interests extended well beyond the applied sciences. In 1891, a crucial and busy year of his life, Edison took time to set forth his views on one of the most important issues of the day, government regulation of business. Edison's notebook remained almost untouched for nearly one hundred years until Professor Rubin began a careful examination of its contents. His editing and annotation of the manuscript reveal the considerable depth of Edison's intellect and his capacity to probe economic issues in the same thorough manner with which he approached research problems in the laboratory.

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  • Rubin, Israel, 1985. "Thomas Alva Edison's “Treatise on National Economic Policy and Businessâ€," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(3), pages 433-464, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:59:y:1985:i:03:p:433-464_06
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