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Albert Fink and the Pooling System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

D. T. Gilchrist
D. T. Gilchrist
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Lincoln Educational Foundation Fellow atJohns Hopkins University
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Abstract

In the energetic attempt to control destructive competition through pooling, Albert Fink occupied a position of prominence analogous to that enjoyed by Morgan in the consolidation movement that was to follow. Fink's rational advocacy did much to dispel the notion that the railroads were exercising irresponsible censorship over the affairs of the business community. His rate-making ideas and techniques were a lasting contribution to scientific railroad management.

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Research Article
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Business History Review , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , Spring 1960 , pp. 24 - 49
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1960

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