Roosevelt’s first case, against Northern Securities in 1902, was immensely controversial. But the break-up, a decade later, of Standard Oil – perhaps the most powerful company in the history of the world to that date – was seen by mainstream opinion as completely reasonable.
La prima azione di Roosevelt, contro le Northern Securities nel 1902, fu oggetto di notevoli polemiche, ma dieci anni più tardi, furono in molti a considerare ragionevole il fallimento della Standard Oil – forse la società più potente di quell’epoca.