The Gilded Age and Beyond: The Persistence of Elite Wealth in American History – NBER
Making American oligarchy great again – Salon
“When President-elect Trump held a press availability after speaking to Republican governors last week he rattled off several big names who’d made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of the new Don. He actually sounded rather surprised by it, saying, ‘they all came. Jeff Bezos came, Bill Gates came, Mark Zuckerberg came, many of them came numerous times, the bankers have all come, everybody’s coming. I haven’t had anyone say anything bad about me. I’m not used to it.'”
‘Massive new giveaway to the ultra-wealthy’: GOP push revealed in under-the-radar hearing – Alternet