The Gilded Age was a period of enormous wealth for some and extreme poverty for others.

Few shows bring the past to life quite like “The Gilded Age“. Created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes, this HBO […] ...

Gilded Age inequality vs. today’s inequality. ... 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 ...

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling industrial system, when poverty was widespread while barons of ...

As economic inequality and wealth concentration rise, the U.S. is entering a new era of support for workers' rights, reminiscent of the Gilded Age. This historical period -- which ran from the ...