It is hard to feel nostalgia for the likes of Rockefeller, Ford, Getty and Carnegie. But still, they greenwashed their ...

Robber barons were 19th-century American industrialists who amassed great wealth by creating monopolies over major industries, often through unethical means. The term "robber baron" was first used ...

The legal expert likened the matter to a "robber baron's dream." "These two rulings largely amputate the two most important arms that our regulatory agencies use every day in overseeing our ...

In the 1890s, robber barons who held concentrated wealth that corrupted U.S. politics and its economy. Antitrust laws were passed to bust the trusts that had produced much of that wealth.

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Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. How many billionaires does it take to reduce wasteful federal spending? According to ...