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line width, and so on.
Figure 10-3
shows a chart from the 1910s Pujo
Committee Report.
Figure 10-3:
This chart shows J.P. Morgan's social network from 1913. A
tree depicts J.P. Morgan's and other banking company affiliations across
American industry, with line styles indicating different kinds of affiliations,
and bubble size indicating market value.
Source: Arsene P. Pujo, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Banking
and Currency Committee, “Money Trust Investigation: Investigation of
Financial and Monetary Conditions in the United States Under House
Resolutions Nos. 429 and 504: 1912-1913.”
Note
You can view this report online by visiting
publicintelligence.net/
This chart depicts a hierarchy starting with J.P. Morgan (at the center of
the chart), through other big financial institutions to major American
companies with the connection lines indicating different types of
relationships such as large stock holdings, directors, or trustees. The
outcome of the committee investigation was a report concluding that
