Second Gilded Age

COMMENTARY

Elon Musk and oligarchs of the ‘Second Gilded Age’ can both sway public, exploit their data

BY: - April 29, 2022

By Nolan Higdon, California State University, East Bay During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould used their massive wealth to dominate facets of the economy, including the news media. They were, in many […]