[hapless]

Section I (EIC) was amusing. I didn't make it all the way through Section II (Taylorism). Citing such unreliable institutions as paragons of business virtue destroys your credibility.

The American railroads that conquered the west were grossly inefficient. Their "success" was sustained almost entirely by malfeasance, corruption, and the unchecked abuse of eminent domain.

Taylor was a fraud at best and a liar at worst. Taylorism and its cronies are possibly the greatest curse on our age.