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Erik Baker, "Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America" (Harvard UP, 2025)

New Books in Economic and Business History

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Entrepreneurship and Neoliberalism

This chapter explores the connection between business practices and conservative political ideologies, focusing on companies like Amway and Koch Industries. It examines how these entities promote entrepreneurialism as a response to bureaucratic challenges and their influence on social policy throughout the Reagan and Clinton administrations.

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