The article is lacking in substance - but has an interesting core argument - "Americans in 2016, live much better than even the wealthiest people did in 1916" w

The article is lacking in substance - but has an interesting core argument - "Americans in 2016, live much better than even the wealthiest people did in 1916" which is true - while we may have problems, and our economy might be broken in certain ways, we are light years ahead on a pure technological level than we were in 1916. From the influence angle, even with the pervasive power of money, even the very very rich today are not as powerful and influential as they were a century ago.