# Industrial Capitalism — A Ledger

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:35.354Z
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## Summary

Common fields are fenced; English peasants are dispossessed of customary use-rights. Land becomes a tradable asset and a wage-labour force is freed for the towns. Key sections include: Industrial Capitalism origins of the modern economy; Pre-conditions of an industrial order; The Wealth of Nations; The factory — separation of worker and tool; Banking, credit, and the central authority; The Robber Barons; The critique — Marx and after; The corporation — invention of the legal person; Antitrust — the state pushes back; The welfare state — capitalism, regulated.

## Slide Outline

1. Industrial Capitalism origins of the modern economy
2. Pre-conditions of an industrial order
3. The Wealth of Nations
4. The factory — separation of worker and tool
5. Banking, credit, and the central authority
6. The Robber Barons
7. The critique — Marx and after
8. The corporation — invention of the legal person
9. Antitrust — the state pushes back
10. The welfare state — capitalism, regulated
11. The postwar consensus — managed capitalism
12. The neoliberal turn
13. References & further viewing

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