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Stop romanticizing the Gilded Age: Real prosperity requires inclusion 

Posted 6/27/25

President Donald Trump recently declared, “We were at our richest from 1870 to 1913. That’s when we were a tariff country.” More recently, at a University of Alabama commencement, he proclaimed the graduates were “the first of the Golden Age of America,” suggesting they could become “the greatest generation” of Americans.  While his nostalgia is […]

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