I don't have access to the literature here at work, but in Ayn Rand's essays on Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal, there are footnotes on some of the essays with information on the real mortality rate of children working in factories in the 1890s. You'd need to find that book and trace those footnotes, though.
Haha, I'm actually reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged right now... I know, I'm late.
I saw on her website there was going to be a speech by a representative that conservatives are hurting capitalism - is this for real or is it like the Larry Elders stance where conservatives and liberals are so alike they are both harmful, even if one is slightly better. Anyways, slightly off topic...
So are you guys saying it is all chalked up? That is really the only solution I can come up with in regards to the "terrible conditions" of the early 20th century during industrialization.
I talked to someone about it today, and they said all nations go through this in their industrialization period - hell for workers, good for all - and it ends with the nation being on top, out of the "hell" of industrialization, and a 1st class nation. While he was not expressing hiw own view, just something he heard about (in reference to India and China today), I disagree completely as to that being the reason.
So what are the "Dangers" of total capitalism? There has never been a truly 100% completely free market. The freest this nation may have ever had was the moment Lincoln abolished slavery - but that still isn't even true because he imposed the first ever income tax. Mind you, it was not a true free market beforehand because women couldn't vote, and black people were slaves. The frustration of the abscurity!