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quanticle on Feb 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Khan Academy: It’s Different This Time

I don't mean to quibble, but you should really replace Henry Ford with Karl Benz. By the time Henry Ford got into the act, cars had already proven their usefulness. Ford's innovation was making cars cheap enough for the average person to afford.

swcpg on Feb 5, 2012 [–]

Ford also wouldn't be happy about truly progressive, disruptive innovations like the rise of a strong labor movement.

kragen on Feb 7, 2012 | | [–]

What are you talking about? The labor movement in the US was stronger during Ford's lifetime than it has been since then, and Ford always had good relations with it.

UK-Al05 on Feb 6, 2012 | | [–]

But he also paid High wages.

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