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Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?

Post Editors — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:00:01 +0000

In 1907, American financiers and businessmen offer yes and no arguments to the question, “Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?” in the pages of The Saturday Evening Post.

Click here to download the entire article “Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?” (November 23, 1907), or read below.

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Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business? The Saturday Evening Post

Cartoons: How’s Business?

Diana Denny — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:49 +0000

"Mummy, they’re having so much trouble—
couldn’t I say a word for the stock market?"
from January 18, 1930

Out of the mouths of babes… This timely cartoon appeared in the Post in January 1930!

"In the 1930s, the entire country was suffering from a great depression.
Fortunately, they have pills for that now."
from September/October 2011

The kid knows his history! This is from one of our favorite cartoonists, Randy Glasbergen. Read more about him in our feature, Meet the Cartoonist: Randy Glasbergen.

"Boy, did we have some excitement around here last month."
from October 6, 1945

Any little bit will do.

from May/June 2006

Amen. This is from another favorite Post cartoonist, Harley Schwadron, featured in Meet the Cartoonist: Harley Schwadron.

"In today's economy, it's important to diversify!
Put some of your money in your mattress,
some in a cookie jar, bury some in the yard…."
from July/August 2009

Good advice, but it’s depressing when your 401K fits into a sugar bowl. Another great Glasbergen cartoon.

"I take it that business isn’t exactly booming."
from January/February 1993

This is from 1993, but it depicts where today’s economy is, in a nutshell.

"I finally put something aside for my retirement—
I put aside my plans to retire."
from May/June 2009

So much Glasbergen, so little time.

Cartoons: How’s Business? The Saturday Evening Post

Toward Abolishing Poverty

Zach Waltz — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:34:06 +0000

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947), an entrepreneur in the automobile industry, wrote this article at the beginning of the Great Depression. As we debate how to deal with recession during a time when government is increasingly responsible for alleviating poverty, we find it interesting that Henry Ford argued how business can abolish it.

Read “Toward Abolishing Poverty,” by Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther. Published August 16, 1930.

Toward Abolishing Poverty The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post » business

Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?

Cartoons: How’s Business?

"Mummy, they’re having so much trouble—couldn’t I say a word for the stock market?" from January 18, 1930

"In the 1930s, the entire country was suffering from a great depression. Fortunately, they have pills for that now." from September/October 2011

"Boy, did we have some excitement around here last month." from October 6, 1945