Let the corporations do as they please - pillage the environment, falsify their advertising, rig the securities markets - and it is none of the feder… - Lewis H. Lapham

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Let the corporations do as they please - pillage the environment, falsify their advertising, rig the securities markets - and it is none of the federal government's business to interfere with the will of heaven.

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About Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis Henry Lapham (January 8, 1935 – July 23, 2024) was an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. He also was the founder of the eponymous publication about history and literature entitled Lapham's Quarterly.

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Alternative Names: Lewis Henry Lapham Lewis Lapham Lewis Henry Lapham II
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