The Uncertain Hour

Who’s regulating whom?


Listen Later

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention corporations once. But if you want to talk about federal regulations, you have to talk about private enterprise, too. They’re yin and yang, intertwined over centuries, locked in an eternal struggle. This week, we’re tracing that history back to the 13 colonies, when corporations helped to create the basic framework of our democracy. And we hear how railroad companies, the country’s first big homegrown corporations, regulated the people before the people regulated them.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Uncertain HourBy Marketplace

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

2,171 ratings


More shows like The Uncertain Hour

View all
Marketplace Tech by Marketplace

Marketplace Tech

1,275 Listeners

Marketplace Morning Report by Marketplace

Marketplace Morning Report

921 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,729 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,710 Listeners

Marketplace All-in-One by Marketplace

Marketplace All-in-One

1,380 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,180 Listeners

Embedded by NPR

Embedded

11,907 Listeners

Make Me Smart by Marketplace

Make Me Smart

5,486 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,384 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,449 Listeners

An Arm and a Leg by An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg

1,085 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,250 Listeners

This Is Uncomfortable by Marketplace

This Is Uncomfortable

3,557 Listeners

Marketplace Minute by Marketplace

Marketplace Minute

163 Listeners

Million Bazillion by Marketplace

Million Bazillion

2,813 Listeners

How We Survive by Marketplace

How We Survive

1,365 Listeners

Financially Inclined by Marketplace

Financially Inclined

90 Listeners

The Big Dig by GBH News

The Big Dig

1,757 Listeners