During the Great Depression, the head of the United States National Recovery Administration argued that employers were being forced to lay off workers as a result of “the murderous doctrine of savage and wolfish competition, [of] dog-eat-dog and devil take the hindmost.” He appealed for a more collusive business environment, with the profits made from consumers to be shared between employers and workers.
新德里—许多经济学家在号召实施让银行业再度变得“无聊”而不具竞争性的监管。每逢危机过去，限制竞争的呼声都会出现，这没什么出奇。大萧条期间，美国国家复兴局首脑指出，雇主因为“认定野蛮残忍竞争、狗咬狗和为赢得最后胜利不择手段的可怕意识形态”而被迫解雇工人。他呼吁建设能够共荣的商业环境，从消费者那里获得的利润应由雇主和工人共享。