America’s Wealth Gap Through the Years

According to the Post archives, America has been wrestling with the wealth gap for the last two centuries.

Swollen Fortunes
December 22, 1906

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In “America’s Wealth Gap” (Nov/Dec 2012), writer Frederick Allen asks: “What is to be done about the yawning difference between the super rich and the rest of us?”

The Post was wrestling with similar questions in these 19th and 20th century articles from our archives.


Address to Congress
December 3, 1833

Corporate Corruption, 19th Century Style

President Andrew Jackson harbored a deep-seated distrust of banking and corporate influence. In this 1833 address to Congress, he shared his suspicion that the Bank of the United States intervened in local and national elections.


One Year of Roosevelt
October 4, 1902

One Year of Roosevelt

In 1902, reporter William Allen White summarized the first year under the Roosevelt Administration and predicted that Roosevelt’s politics would not be swayed by the rich.


Swollen Fortunes
December 22, 1906

“Swollen Fortunes” in the Early 20th Century

In this 1906 article, author David Graham Phillips defended President Teddy Roosevelt’s attack on the corrupting power of the super rich.


Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?
November 23, 1907

Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?

In 1907, Post contributors presented different viewpoints on whether President Roosevelt aided a square deal in business operations.


The Roosevelt Period
April 5, 1919

The Roosevelt Period

In 1919, former U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge reported on the economic evolution of the early 20th century.

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