Irvine Company: Shotguns vs. Railroad Crews and a $1 UC Irvine Land Deal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Irvine Company's 120,000-acre holdings trace to the drought of 1864, which killed the cattle...
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IS-2 Heavy Tank: A 55-Pound Shell, Brittle Welds and the Oględów Ambush
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The IS-2, named for Joseph Stalin, grew out of the failing KV-1 program. By early 1943 the KV-1 ...
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Standard Oil: Railroad Rebates, the Rule of Reason and 43 Successors
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company of Ohio held about 4 percent of US refining in the ea...
19 Okt 21min
M48 Patton: 0.33 MPG, Chalk-Marked Hulls and the 1972 Sagger Ambush
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The M48 Patton began in 1950 as the T48 project, launched in a panic as the Korean War broke out...
19 Okt 19min
FTC: The Funeral Rule, Kroger-Albertsons and the Trump v. Slaughter Ruling
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Trade Commission into law in 1914, after the 1911 St...
19 Okt 23min
Ever Given: Bank Effect Suction, a Supermoon Tide and a $540M Settlement
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On March 23, 2021 the Ever Given, a 224,000-ton ship that can carry about 20,000 containers, was...
19 Okt 20min
Clayton Antitrust Act: Incipiency, Labor's Magna Carta and Treble Damages
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 outlawed agreements in restraint of trade, but courts used it ...
19 Okt 21min
Akula Submarine: Toshiba Milling Machines, the Nerpa Fire and INS Chakra
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When the first Project 971 attack submarine was launched in 1985, Western intelligence believed ...
19 Okt 26min
