Articles tagged: plutocracy
COLUMN: Plutocrats: Could a new Progressive Era emerge?
Posted: Dec 14, 2012GIANTS OF THE FIRST PROGRESSIVE ERA: At left is Robert M. Lafollette of Wisconsin. A 1982 survey of American historians ranked him as No. 1 among U.S. Senators for “long range impact on American history”—tied ... Read more »
COLUMN: Plutocrats: Are we living in a new Gilded Age?
Posted: Dec 12, 2012The opulent library at a monumental mansion built by the Vanderbilt family at the height of the Gilded Age. Called The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, the home is now a National Historic Landmark. Editor's ... Read more »
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