Topic: Endowment

2 chapters across the catalog

89: Mass Confusion
2:51:02 - 2:54:59

89: Mass Confusion

Rockefeller's Influence on American Education

The discussion reveals how the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations cooperated to transform the American education system. According to researcher Norman Dodd, these foundations sought to alter the teaching of American history to create a "stable of historians" who would promote their globalist and industrialist agendas. This is presented as the origin of the "obedient worker" model of public schooling.

72: Duke Power
53:43 - 56:57

72: Duke Power

Institutional Power and the "Old Money" Endowment

Mo discusses the physical and economic presence of Duke in Durham, describing the university as a "castle" surrounded by poor neighborhoods. They compare the "old money" power of the Duke Endowment to modern tech wealth, suggesting that institutional power is more permanent and less visible than the public-facing wealth of figures like Bill Gates.