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Is Sam Bankman-Fried a Modern-Day Robber Baron?
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoFTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is like a modern day robber baron in at least one way. This weekend, Bankman-Fried discussed the “responsibility” he feels to...
Iron Range lawmakers bristle at 'robber baron' bill that would send mining money south
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDULUTH — A proposal to expand the region that benefits from millions of dollars in taconite...
Rare historic photos reveal what America's Gilded Age was really like
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe tale of an era Photo Recall/Alamy Railroad barons, gargantuan East Coast mansions and elaborate...
William Watson: An excess profits tax? OK, Mr. Singh, but how about an excess wages tax, too?
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada needs an excess profits tax to help reduce inflation. His...
Coal is dead. We should demand more from politicians who refuse to diversify EKy economy | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOpEd: The robber barons who stripped the state of its natural resources are protected by complicit...
Martha Stewart's posing for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue a blow against agism?
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA stooped woman once tottered up to Mark Twain and asked if he liked old ladies. He replied, “Yes,...
Big Pharma: Investment Bedrock
Barrons.com· 2 months agoMAILBAG To the Editor: This is an outstanding article with big implications (“Big Pharma Stocks Need a Rethink. Investors Keep Making the Same Mistake,”...
Mr. Trump in Court
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDonald Trump appears for his criminal trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty...
My Favorite Victorian Criminal Was a Bank Robber With a Secret Weapon
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe roughly 75 years between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War II was a period...
Library of Congress Haunted by ‘Ghosts’
Next TV via Yahoo News· 2 months ago'Ghosts' on CBS. CBS comedy Ghosts will be featured at the Library of Congress April 9. There will be an episode screening and a panel discussion with...