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IN AN AGE IN WHICH THE RIGHT AND LEFT AGREE ON SO LITTLE, BOTH SEEM TO START THEIR DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC POLICY FROM THE PREMISE OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AS A REALITY AND A PROBLEM HOWEVER ...
Reckoning with History Economic giants drive income inequality in a second Gilded Age Can we look to history for reform ideas in the age of big tech robber barons? Adam M. Sowards November 27, 2019 ...
Few shows bring the past to life quite like “The Gilded Age“. Created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes, this HBO […] ...
Not every aspect of the first Gilded Age, which ran from the 1870s to the 1890s, can be seen in modern America. But certain elements of the late 19th century have carried over to the present day ...
The current age of increasing inequality in America has many similarities to the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. And it reflects the constant tension between capitalism and democracy, says ...
Going back to the Gilded Age, that was a time of evolving currency. Now we seem to be at a place where Trump is looking at it maybe changing the way the dollar is used.
Welcome to "The Gilded Age," a PBS documentary about that period in the late 19th century, clearly intended to resonate with the political and income-inequality parallels of today.