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Should the industrialists be known as "Captains of Industry" or as "Robber Barons"? Why?

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The term “robber baron” was applied to powerful nineteenth-century industrialists who were viewed as having used questionable practices to amass their wealth. On the other hand, “captains of industry” were business leaders whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.

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