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Listen carefully to the following two Planet Money podcasts: Antitrust 1: Standard Oil by Kenny Malone and Julia Simon, Planet Money podcast, Feb 15, 2019.(Links

Listen carefully to the following two Planet Money podcasts:

"Antitrust 1: Standard Oil" by Kenny Malone and Julia Simon, Planet Money podcast, Feb 15, 2019.(Links to an external site.)

(Transcript(Links to an external site.) available.)

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/02/15/695131832/antitrust-1-standard-oil

"Antitrust 2: The Paradox" by Kenny Malone and Jacob Goldstein. Planet Money podcast, Feb 20, 2019.(Links to an external site.)

(Transcript(Links to an external site.) available.)

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/02/20/696342011/antitrust-2-the-paradox

Then answer the following questions based on these podcasts:

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Ida Tarbell was a/an [ Select ] ["investigative journalist", "powerful monopolist", "daughter of a US President", "Supreme Court Judge"] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She wrote about [ Select ] ["American Gas", "Exxon Oil", "PG&E", "Standard Oil"] which was a company run by [ Select ] ["Franklin Tarbell", "Theodore Roosevelt", "John D. Rockefeller", "Sam McClure"] , the wealthiest man in America.

After buying up many smaller oil companies, this company controlled around [ Select ] ["70%", "45%", "50%", "90%"] of oil refining in America.

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