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The Most Impactful Biography Ever
Vanderbilt was this guy who basically, without that much of an education, he would invent or work with people to make these steamboats. And then fascinating enough, it all hinged on like a Supreme Court case that decided if monopolies were acceptable in the form of state created monopolies. He saw it before other people. The fascinating thing is that the fairies now in New York Harbor are all run as a public good.