This week at ITPL, the American history podcast, we take on the last third of the 19th century, a period known as both Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. As many of you know, the Gilded Age is the period of US history that I specialize in. I know I’m biased, but to me, this is the most fascinating … [Read more...]
Episode 044 The Remaking of America during Reconstruction & the Gilded Age
OP-ED Laboring Against Inequality
[Note: this op-ed was originally published in Newsweek, Sept 5, 2015] This Labor Day weekend finds the United States confronted by many troubling and contentious questions related to workers and the economy. These questions range from the minimum wage to paid family leave, from collective … [Read more...]
Are We Living in A Second Gilded Age? Part 1
"Are We Living in A Second Gilded Age?" is an ongoing examination of the parallels between the first Gilded Age (1870-1900) and what many contend is a Second Gilded Age (1980-present). A key source of these musings is my forthcoming book, Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality: Progress and … [Read more...]