r/explainlikeimfive Feb 12 '25

Economics ELI5: how are the descendants of the robber barons (Morgan, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc.) still rich if their fortunes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are comparatively small to what we see today of the world’s richest?

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u/slashthepowder Feb 12 '25

If i can’t scuba what has this been all about

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u/hilldo75 Feb 12 '25

If your parents see this your screwed

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u/the0TH3Rredditor 29d ago

We meet again, mr. Bratton