Leland Stanford - Robber Barron or Captain of Industry

James Wong Robber Baron's are Captains of Industry who are looked down upon for succeeding at the expense of others and at the expense of moral integrity. To firmly attach a label to any given person or people is difficult because the distinction between a robber baron and a captain of industry alternates with the point of view from which you hold. Leland Stanford and the Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad are perfect …

…best among the greatest robber barons of the 19th century. Works Cited (1)DeLong, J. Bradford, "Robber Barons" University of California at Berkeley, and NBER <http://econ161.berkeley.edu/Econ_Articles/carnegie/delong_moscow_paper2.html> (2) Folsom, Burton W., The Myth of the Robber Barons <http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/nunwb/honestconnections/online-books/james-hill/> (3) Bailey, Thomas A., Kennedy, David M., Cohen, Lizabeth. The American Pageant. Eleventh ed. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York. © 1998