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Indeed Howard. But we also had folks like FDR, who was said to be "an enemy to his class". Our new super-charged masterbaters of the universe make the Robber Barons, look like the Boy Scouts. Plus, the RBs actually build things and employed people. To nitpick, "the rule of the few" is Aristocracy, Oligarchy is the dark side with no sense of noblesse oblige.

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Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.
Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Written by Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Top Economics Writer, Gov. service, corp consulting, & faculty posts (e.g., Mich., Stanford, British Columbia). Piles of scholarly pubs & occasional diatribes.

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