Return of the Robber Barons
Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich March 2013
Thomas Jefferson took pride in the egalitarianism of the fledgling American Republic he helped create, as opposed to the class stratification of English society. “The great mass of our population is of laborers; our rich, who can live without labor, either manual or professional, being few, and of moderate wealth … Can any condition of society be more desirable than this?” By the end of the…