The rise of progressivism before the ... economist Thomas Piketty concluded that the middle class “suffered a setback during the Gilded Age.” Likewise, in the teacher’s guide to his ...

As economic inequality and wealth concentration rise ... Gilded Age was marked by extravagance, O'Donnell noted that it was also characterized by feelings of uncertainty driven by the working class.

Moreover, the paths the country took when leaving behind the Gilded Age offer valuable lessons ... As economic disparities grow, the stability of the middle class erodes. The American Dream ...

Spend a few minutes browsing political commentary or scrolling social media and you will discover a seemingly settled truth: ...

Which means that Trump’s golden age looks an awful lot like a new Gilded Age. The Gilded Age ... In cities across the country, wealthy and middle-class professionals formed armed militia groups ...

Duffy’s ads claimed the fantastical: that it cured everything from influenza to consumption, that it was endorsed by clergymen, that it could help you live until the age of 106. The portrait of ...