WTF happened to the rule of (antitrust) law in postwar Germany and Japan?
After WWII, U.S. occupation governments had clear mandates to spread economic democracy in Germany and Japan. But implementation fell short. Why? And what did the “Grandpa of the VC industry” have to do with what some headlines called “sabotage”?
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In addition to weaving a narrative from existing scholarly sources (plus the memoir of VC Grandpa’s work nemesis), this series will also release new scans of primary sources to jumpstart new scholarship related to this lesser-known saga.
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