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The profiteers
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So there's a great book I'd recommend by Sally Denton called the profiteers which is about this company Bechtel which is one of the big companies that helped build the Hoover Dam.
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Sally Denton joins us to talk about her new book The profiteers.
Why people recommend it
The Profiteers by Sally Denton is a deeply researched work of investigative journalism focusing on the massive construction company Bechtel and its extensive, complex relationship with the United States government, including its prominent role in building the Hoover Dam. On The Book Review, Gilbert Cruz introduced Sally Denton to discuss the new publication, and Pamela Paul later concluded the same episode by praising the book for featuring a wealth of fascinating details regarding that powerful government partnership. Additionally, Tim Huang recommended the title during his appearance on The Ezra Klein Show, highlighting it as a great book that explains the history of the major corporation and its contributions to monumental national infrastructure projects like the Hoover Dam. Listeners looking for a comprehensive look at how corporate power intertwines with federal entities often find this historical account illuminating. The discussions across these podcasts emphasize the book's ability to uncover lesser-known historical narratives about major corporate entities that have shaped the physical landscape of the country through massive engineering feats and lucrative government contracts.
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Pamela Paul well a lot more uh really fascinating detail in the book about that interesting relationship between Beckel… 1
“well a lot more uh really fascinating detail in the book about that interesting relationship between Beckel and the government um Sally thank you so much for joining us”
Tim Huang so there's a great book I'd recommend by Sally Denton called the profiteers which is about this company Bec… 1
“so there's a great book I'd recommend by Sally Denton called the profiteers which is about this company Bechtel which is one of the big companies that helped build the Hoover Dam”
Gilbert Cruz Sally Denton joins us to talk about her new book The profiteers 1
“Sally Denton joins us to talk about her new book The profiteers”