The Second Gilded Age
A Links entry from Thursday, July 10, 2008The Second Gilded Age
Mike Soron has a great post comparing our current “era” to a repeat of the Gilded Age, which is something I’ve long been in the habit of joking about, so I’m glad that there are others out there who confirm my world-views (What else could blogging be for?). I would add that perhaps in this instance we should “stand Hegel on his head”: if the first Gilded Age occurred as farce, then the second occurred as a tragedy.
Bryan Klausmeyer
bryklaus@umich.edu
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