Wheels for the world

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• Aloha · May 2, 2019 · Recommends

  …wage for his workers, as laid out by him, was to make it so every Ford employee could buy a Ford car. If you're curious, and want to know more about Ford Motor Company, I highly recommend a book called Wheels for the World by Douglas Brinkley. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067003181X/) Ford opened its full archives to the author, and it covers their entire history, warts and all.

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• gregpilling · Dec 27, 2012 · Recommends

  …It worked, productivity went up, lots of free press, and sales went up. The common belief was the raise was about the worker being able to buy his own car, but there was more to the story. I recommend "Wheels for the World" as an excellent book about this. http://www.amazon.com/Wheels-World-Company-Century-Progress/...

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• gregpilling · May 5, 2013 · Recommends

  …same or better pay. So Ford raised wages and then held employees to a high standard of conduct. He had people inspect workers homes for alcohol use or signs of bad behavior in the eyes of Henry Ford. "Wheels for the World" is an excellent book about Ford's early years. You can see the same thing happening now in Shenzhen. Workers know that they can get a job easily if they have some experience, so many don't return to…

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• gregpilling · Aug 2, 2016 · Mentions

  …two ventures had failed; the first was run by the Leland team and renamed Cadillac; the second dissolved; the third made cars using Dodge Brothers engines, transmissions and differentials. According to "Wheels for the World" by Brinkley, the 3rd company of Ford's had run up quite a debt to the Dodge Brothers while getting the Model T going. Henry cut them in as shareholders in order to pay off his parts bill. Once it was…

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