
Building the Bell System


โThe [Bell] System,โ Danielian pointed out, โconstitutes the largest aggregation of capital that has ever been controlled by a single private company at any time in the history of business. It is larger than the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and United States Steel Corporation put together. Its gross revenues of more than one billion dollars a year
... See moreJon Gertner โข The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

Open this picture. It illustrates the EXTENT of Japan's dominance in the LNG supply chain
๐ A Japanese company produces the shale gas
๐ Gas is sent to an LNG plant partially owned by a Japanese company
๐ LNG is loaded on a ship built and owned by a Japanese company
๐ The ship is controlled by a Japanese company, which sends it to Thailand
๐ T... See more
The Influence of Bell Labs
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