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Beatrice Cherrier
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Beatrice Cherrier writes The Undercover Historian, a personal blog at beatricecherrier.wordpress.com about economics and history. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
The only comment is a discussion of the Friedman doctrine and 1950s versus 1970s views of corporate responsibility, in a thread about the U.S. Chemical Safety Board possibly being eliminated. It does not discuss this blog's writing.
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What Hacker News says?
> I think this is pretty consistent with the old school 1950s views of the current administration. Companies can prioritize profits over people again. This is not from the 1950s, but from the 1970s, most famously (though others piled on after Friedman's (in)famous NYT letter): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine In the mid-twentieth century corporate management's focus was more broad: > This view was s…
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on “U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated”Submitted What does a Nobel Prize on 'innovation-driven economic growth' reward? as a story · 3 points
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