Parallels Between the New American Barons and the Gilded Age

Similarities and Differences

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• men with the power, and the deep pockets
• a collection of biographies of American moguls
• so-called billionaire's club, and the super-rich of the gilded age
• I think they're all driven by passion
• the eight-hour workday, the end of child labor
• They all had enormous work ethic
• they had to do things over a gradual period of time
• more productive and happier at their jobs
• Somebody like George Soros can spend enormously, to influence our elections
• many billions of dollars - it has power associated with it