How did people
explain their support or opposition to big business?

Consumers argued that monopolies gave big business an unfair advantage. Other people cited Social Darwinism to support big business, claiming that wealthy people were the most "fit". ... Interpret the effects of monopolies and cartels on the consumer.

were at first enthusiastic in support of the revolution. however, over time divisions of opinion became apparent between federalists and anti-federalists

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the stock market crash of 1929. great depression of the 1930s. first and second world wars. economic boom of the 1950s.