Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

But tariffs aren’t the whole story. The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax competition. That economy ...

Yes, the government allowed employers a free hand to do as they pleased. Tens of thousands of workers died on the job every ...

It was a real deep mystery. Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book on a caper that has endured for over a ...

But tariffs aren’t the whole story. The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax competition. That economy boomed. From 1870 to 1913, America’s GDP grew at nearly 5 percent ...