I guess Bryan Caplan isn’t the only member of the plutocracy channeling Gilded Age Social Darwinism. See Mitt Romney speaking about the differences between Israelis and Palestinians today. Noting the economic difference between Israel and Palestine, Romney stated: “If you could learn anything from the economic history of the world it’s this: culture makes all […]
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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
Mitt Romney is having a fundraiser in Hamilton, Montana. Not only is this fundraiser hosted by Charles Schwab, but it is at the home of Marcus Daly, one of Montana’s Copper Kings during the Gilded Age. Among the other Copper Kings–William Clark. Daly, the power behind Anaconda, hated Clark, so when Clark wanted political office, […]
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
The meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one—there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was a tidbit. There was no place for the men to wash their hands […]
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
Look, given the bang-up job he did running MF Global, surely Corzine deserved another luxury house or five?
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