强盗男爵(英語:Robber baron),或称为强盗贵族、强盗大亨、强盗资本家,原本是19世纪下半期的社会批评中对一些有钱有势的美国商人的蔑称。该词在1870年8月的《大西洋月刊》出现。[1]到了19世纪后期,该词常用于指那些被认为以剥削手段来积累财富的商人。[2]这些行为包括控制自然资源、游说政府高层、支付仅能糊口的的工资、兼并竞争对手以压制竞争、制造垄断以哄抬价格,以及炒高股票价格并出售给没有戒心的投资者接盘。[2]这个词结合了“强盗”(robber)和非法贵族“男爵”(baron,在共和政体中是非法的角色)二者的含义。[3]
被视为强盗贵族的商人
马修·约瑟夫森的《强盗贵族》(Robber Barons,1934)中提到的强盗贵族:
其他来源中视为为“强盗大亨”的:
参见
参考文献
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- ^ George C. Kohn. The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal. Infobase Publishing. 2001: 152. ISBN 9781438130224.
- ^ Edward Renehan, Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons (2005)
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- ^ T. J. Stiles, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (2010) p 328
- ^ John Franch, Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes (2008)
- ^ Charles O'Brien. Death of a Robber Baron. Kensington. 2013: 289. ISBN 9780758286369.
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- ^ Stone, Oliver. The Untold History of the United States. New York: Gallery Books. 2012. ISBN 9780091949310.
- ^ "Tesla CEO Elon Musk quashes claim he is 'modern-day robber baron'". [2023-05-26]. (原始内容存档于2023-06-02).
- ^ "The Redstone Story re-lives the industrialization of the West" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Redstone, Colorado website, history
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