Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes.
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From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes.
1.A Paradise for Millionaires (1870-1920)
8.007-11-202358mAt the end of the 19th century, a club of millionaires — John D. Rockefeller and his oil monopoly, steel king and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and banker J. P. Morgan, who financ...
2.Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)
7.007-11-202360mThe millionaires' paradise was destroyed by the crash of 1929, which plunged the country into the Great Depression and mass unemployment. Enraged by greed and tax evasion, Democrat...
3.Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1981-Today)
8.007-11-202359mThe federal welfare state controlled American capitalism until the 1973 oil crisis and recession, which led to the election of the ultra-liberal Ronald Reagan. At the dawn of the c...
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