The Gilded Age Is Back In Vogue

April 12, 2005 Warren Goldstein

OK class, it's time for a history quiz. Don't worry. It won't affect your grade, just the future of your country.

Say you were living in an era of American history marked by a growing gap between rich and poor, increasing insecurity for the middle and working classes, wholesale political corruption, daring corporate chicanery and an executive branch dedicated to helping the rich get richer. When were you living?