WHITE: One of the great issues of the Gilded Age was the gold standard. Political campaigns were fought over whether the standard should be based on gold, whether it should be a fiat currency ...

It’s the Gilded Age. The Gilded Age, like the Trump Age, was populated by very rich men who used their wealth to control political decisions, particularly the laws that would govern business ...

James’ plot seems modeled on the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev’s political novel “Virgin Soil,” which also influenced Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent.” These Gilded Age novels ...

“The golden age of America,” he declared, “begins right now.” Perhaps it would be more aptly called a Gilded Age ... state be weaponized to persecute political opponents,” he said ...

STAATSBURG — This winter, enjoy delicious tea and tea fare, while hearing presentations on Gilded Age history, in the palatial formal dining room of a mansion on the Hudson River. Staatsburgh ...

The mystery of human choices, even when circumstances are known, occupied writers like Henry James. Gene J. Puskar/Getty Images ...

Christine Baranski shines in The Gilded Age, a compelling period drama penned by Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. Examining the push and pull between old and new money families, the HBO hit ...

Is the top tail of wealth a set of fixed individuals or is there substantial turnover? We estimate upper-tail wealth dynamics during the Gilded Age and beyond, a time of rapid wealth accumulation and ...

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