When John Kennedy attempted to take the government back from the back from the robber barons, he was brutally murdered. The message… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
The scale of revenue growth is unprecedented. If you look back over history, whether you're looking at the railway robber baron era… — Stewart Butterfield Copy Share Image
My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons -… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The Gilded Age robber barons - the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Morgans and Rockefellers - did quite well under laissez-faire. Most of… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
“They worried that mindfulness would simply create better baby killers and robber barons.” — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
I’ve always liked to read about extremely wealthy people, especially when they are crazy (like Howard Hughes or Caligula.) While writing this… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
Reagan's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In the Eisenhower era, when earnings over $400,000 were subject to 91 percent taxes and the world was a smaller place, you… — Michael Shnayerson Copy Share Image
The latter-day robber barons are discovering that better conditions and rewards for workers pay off in a world where consumers increasingly demand… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
“The dilemma is, in the United States, each penniless citizen believes that, with luck, he might become a millionaire; and so doesn't… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We're now seeing levels of inequality raise their heads that we haven't seen since the age of the robber barons. If somebody… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“In the late 1800s a certain man taught Sunday school for over 20 years in a Baptist church; he eventually became the… — Michael D. Fortner Copy Share Image
“[G]reater social equality can accompany, or parallel, shifts in economic distribution. In our case, they run at cross-purposes; in other countries, notably… — Michael S. Kimmel Copy Share Image
“If your party serves the powerful and well-funded interests, and there's no limit to what you can spend, you have a permanent,… — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
