We used to break up big companies when they got too big and the government stopped doing that. The technology obviously played a role here as you were able to more easily get goods online. And then Our decision to sort of enter into a global economy so that the industries that defined towns in Connecticut... got moved overseas. New Britain's the hardware city, Waterbury's the brass city, all of those industries that defined places got moved overseas. But those were all choices. (14:42–14:59)
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