When tech billionaires were given a front row-seat at the latest presidential inauguration — and the world's richest man gained unprecedented power over federal agencies — questions about the growing influence of today's tycoons took center stage. Is America in a new Gilded Age, or is this just the latest chapter in its struggle to balance wealth, power and democracy?
More like an actual decline and fall of empire, whereas the 19th century Gilded Age was unbridled prosperity for some and unrestricted exceptionalism for most.
More like an actual decline and fall of empire, whereas the 19th century Gilded Age was unbridled prosperity for some and unrestricted exceptionalism for most.