Is America entering a new Gilded Age?
Is America entering a new Gilded Age?  
Podcast: The Source
Published On: Thu Jun 04 2026
Description: We are living in a time when extreme wealth is held in the hands of very few. These modern-day robber barons are using their riches to break democracy and create a system that saps income from the general population to add to their own treasure — making the poor poorer and the rich richer. Stanford economist Mordecai Kurz explains "Private Power and Democracy’s Decline."