We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy For many, the era of US history that most resembles contemporary America is easy to identify: the Gilded Age. It is, in certain ways, an apt comparison.…

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