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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by metalliqaz on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:36PM (#16495380)
Excuse me but those benefits weren't result of the Guilded Age. Correlation, not causation. Both things were a result of the industrial revolution and globalization.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by ameister14 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:33PM (#16495991)
Exactly. The Gilded Age was also a result of the industrial revolution and globalization. It describes a period of history - during which, these things happened.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by ajross on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:52PM (#16495542)
Exactly. As was communism for that matter. Ultimately almost all major economic change had technology at its root. And where that change has undesirable side effects it's the job of government to address them.
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