Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

...and also legislative reforms that wound up being bad for the regular people, like electronic voting and removing secret votes in Congress. Some of the issues might have been corrected, but the lack of a secret vote meant legislators became less inclined to vote against their backers to the benefit of their constituents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Reorganization_Act...

...and the re-emergence of corporate consolidation and the rise of the conglomerate in the 1960s, which reduced the power of labor to negotiate for a fair share of the gains.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: