The term "captains of industry" was also used for those used to criticize "robber barons" in the 19th century. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Henry Ford, Leland Stanford, and ...

Not democracy’s end but the Gilded Age reborn. Trump’s McKinley obsession reveals imperial ambitions and endless corruption.

Over a century ago, we had the wealthy "robber barons" controlling our government. The likes of Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Rockefeller paid off politicians to look the other way while they ...