Tag: Robber Barons

• LINK: Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than The Robber Barons

  LINK: Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than The Robber Barons  

  Adrienne Morris

  August 11, 2016

  Opinion, Uncategorized

  economy, google, Jay Gould, oligarchs, Robber Barons, technology, zuckerberg

• “Have you seen that place of Charlie’s? It makes mine look like a shack.” Andrew Carnegie

  Shall we hate another rich man today? Maybe not today. Charlie Schwab doesn’t seem the type to hate. I’ve just met him so I’ll let you know if I change my mind. Here’s what I like: He’s one of those people my socialist theory professor told me didn’t exist–a self-made man. Can’t we all admit…

  Adrienne Morris

  December 11, 2014

  Beautiful Images, Men, United States History

  19th century, blogging, Charles Schwab, Gilded Age, Life, Love, Mansions NYC, Rich people, Robber Barons, self-made men

• The Shadows We Leave

  What a strange mix of altruistic and puritanical compulsion. Spencer Trask made his fortune on Wall Street betting on the future–the future of transportation (railroads), news (he saved the New York Times from bankruptcy) and light (he invested heavily in Thomas Edison’s works). Yet the idea of gamblers roaming the streets of Saratoga Springs in…

  Adrienne Morris

  September 24, 2014

  19th Century Art, Beautiful Images, inspirational, Men, United States History

  19th century mansion, 2014 Yaddo Tour, Art, casinos, Gambling, Gilded Age, life and death, philanthropic rich people, Robber Barons, sin, Spencer Trask, Yaddo

• Andrew Carnegie; Gilded Age Man of Letters

  Adrienne Morris

  April 5, 2014

  History, The Unknowable Past, Moving Pictures, Uncategorized

  19th century, Andrew Carnegie, Art, Arts and Crafts, Books, Culture, History of Steel, Libraries, Philanthropist, Philanthropy in Gilded Age, Rich Men, Robber Barons

• James J. Hill–Robber Barron . . . not! PS–I love you.

  Corot–Springtime of Life  Minneapolis Institute of Art Isn’t it wonderful to find a good capitalist man of integrity? Personally, I’m THRILLED with James J. Hill railroad magnate of the 1880’s. When all of the other creeps were begging government subsidies,grabbing land grants (I didn’t realize how much I disliked Lincoln’s support of government internal improvement…

  Adrienne Morris

  May 2, 2013

  History, The Unknowable Past, Uncategorized

  Capitalism Corot, James J. Hill, Minneapolis Institute of Art, railroad history, Robber Barons