Your Kids and The Department of Education

Your Kids and The Department of Education

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(Preview) The Socialist Who Bought a Town

Robert Owen was a factory owner, a social reformer, the father of British socialism… and possibly the nicest company-town tyrant in history. Long before Karl Marx called for revolution, Owen tried to build a kinder version of capitalism: humane factories, universal education, sho ...  Show more

The Emperor of Epcot: Walt Disney and Company Towns

What if your landlord was also your boss, mayor, bartender, and moral hall monitor? This week, Andrew Heaton talks with Brian Brushwood about the strange history of company towns—from industrial utopias to corporate feudalism—and the thin line between benevolent planning and cree ...  Show more

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