1. Prelude -- 2. "... glorious Yankee Doodle" -- 3. Bandit capitalism -- 4. Wrenchings -- 5. Mega-machine -- 6. The first mass consumer society -- 7. Paper tigers ...
America has more billionaires than ever, led by Elon Musk, who's estimated to be worth $744.6 billion. Figures such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were known as the richest men of their ...