Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Global Problems for the New Gilded Age | Common Dreams

Global Problems for the New Gilded Age | Common Dreams:

 "“We are recreating the Gilded Age,” notes labor historian Erik Loomis. And Robert Reich, the former Democratic labor secretary under Bill Clinton, explains in the Nation that “we’ve entered a new Gilded Age, of which Mitt Romney is the perfect reflection.” Edward Luce of the Financial Times calls this a “new age of populism,” with Wall Street executives representing the Robber Barons of yore."


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