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- Title
The Gilded Age Then, the Gilded Age Now.
- Authors
PIZZIGATI, SAM
- Abstract
The article discusses the excessive wealth and extravagant parties of the super-rich in both the past and present. It highlights a recent pre-wedding party in India, hosted by Mukesh Ambani, the richest billionaire in Asia, which featured an abundance of food and celebrity appearances, including Rihanna. The article also compares this current era of extreme wealth to the Gilded Age in America, where grand private parties were a symbol of excessive wealth and inequality. It concludes by noting the significant increase in wealth inequality in recent years, with the richest individuals accumulating vast amounts of wealth.
- Subjects
GILDED Age, 1877-1900; CONSUMPTION (Economics); INDIANS (Asians); WORLD hunger; INCOME tax
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article