striking thing while reading titan — by 1889 rockefeller was only worth about 950 million in contemporary dollars, but considered uniquely, historically, ungodly rich. today, america alone is home to almost 600 billionaires. wealth is not static.
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Yes, but the average wage was also significantly smaller. When you compare the wealth of two classes he was much wealthier. Also he gave away a huge portion of his wealth to charities and institutions
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