While the term has largely gone out of style, robber baron was an expression used to negatively describe powerful American businessmen of the 19th century. It was applied to those who were viewed as ...

Student sketch comedy group Robber Barons celebrated its 15-year anniversary on Saturday night. The performance from current Robber Barons included nine sketches and two video sketches. Students ...

History is repeating itself. Can it be contained? The original "Robber Barons" of the 19th-century Gilded Age built monopolies in physical infrastructure and directly bought political influence to ...

Morgan Spector, who plays extreme capitalist and oil baron George Russell on HBO’s The Gilded Age, is ironically an avowed socialist. Until now, he’s always had fun contrasting, but not combining, the ...

Pundits, academics and members of the public have criticized Elon Musk’s successful bid to acquire Twitter. Some Twitter users have even considered leaving the platform. For these critics and ...

Super-empowered people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos control not just enormous wealth but the access of people to each other and major platforms that are now deeply integrated into how society works, ...

, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. How many billionaires does it take to reduce wasteful federal spending? According to the incoming Trump administration, the answer appears to be two. , ...

Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson spend millions developing space tourism for the rich, blasting themselves and rich customers into brief joyrides into space. This wasteful extravagance is yet another ...

The history of America’s robber barons can be read about in books or watched in documentaries, but one intriguing way to gain an interactive experience and education is with a visit to one of their ...

One legal expert said the high court is clearly "hellbent" on dismantling the administrative state. Because of the rulings, the regulation of essentially all major industries will be tougher. In two ...