This is a very interesting read and the parallels here are indeed fascinating. I think one potential difference this time is the emergence of digital, decentral

This is a very interesting read and the parallels here are indeed fascinating. I think one potential difference this time is the emergence of digital, decentralized currencies. If that trend continues, it will be more difficult for bankers to exert the same type of control they did in the gilded age without control over all of the capital.