Tag: new gilded age
Bryan Caplan is a terrible person. Now you might say that I am too mean to the Koch-funded George Mason economist. After all, he might not beat his dog. But that doesn’t really matter here. Beca
I was interviewed today on Flashpoints, talking about the return of the Gilded Age in the early 21st century. At the end, I even got to talk about how I don’t think positive change can come with
I have a piece up at Alternet today comparing the Gilded Age to the present, showing 8 ways that Republicans are trying to recreate the late 19th century, buy elections, exploit labor, limit people of
A long, long time ago (the Gilded Age) in a land far, far away known as Montana there was a man named William Clark. Not the Lewis & Clark guy but instead a mining capitalist. Born in Pennsylvani
Sarah Jaffe has an important piece up at Alternet exploring the realities of public sector workers in the Second Gilded Age: Beil told a story of guards at a women’s correctional facility, who g
Speaking of the new Gilded Age, Sara Robinson has an outstanding piece on the decline of the 40 hour work week. Many interesting points. Robinson puts a lot of blame on the rise of Silicon Valley as t
Paul’s evisceration of Gene Marks’ Gilded Age-esque article telling poor black kids to be rich and white and blaming them if they are not, led me to this legendary Herblock cartoon from 19
Newt clarifies his comments from last week that poor students should replace janitors in schools. They shouldn’t do all the work. Just jobs like cleaning the bathrooms. And doesn’t this ma
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,318
- Castner Range National Monument
- Images from American History, Part 46
- Intensities in ten cities
- Chasing Trains Leaving Stations
- Pathetic
- LA School Labor Deal
- Biden Wants a Unionized Campaign Staff
- We can remember it for you wholesale
- What a difference a non-reactionary NLRB makes