History: The Steam Engine and the First US Monopoly.

01/07/2023 16 min
History: The Steam Engine and the First US Monopoly.

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Episode Synopsis

In 1824 a landmark case heard by the SCOTUS settled an early dispute in the US about the power individual states had to regulate commerce. In this month's podcast, Nate and Dan tell the story of how a monopoly in the Hudson River started out as a great idea but quickly became unpopular.