Gilded Age Redux: 'Remarkable' Returns on Public Discord Signal New Era of Fortunes
By Vivian Holloway 
Recent global developments, analysts suggest, bear a striking resemblance to the freewheeling, capital-driven ethos of America's Gilded Age.
Recent global developments, analysts suggest, bear a striking resemblance to the freewheeling, capital-driven ethos of America's Gilded Age.
Why it matters: This perceived return to Gilded Age principles, where private enterprise finds 'extraordinary' profit in public anxieties and systemic instability, begs the question of whether society has merely updated its lexicon for 'unprecedented' wealth transfer. The long-term implications for equitable progress and societal cohesion, experts suggest, may prove 'remarkably' consistent with past eras, complete with the inevitable, though oft-ignored, social pressures that follow such 'market efficiencies'.
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