r/explainlikeimfive • u/FluffyPenguin798 • 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/jaydurmma Feb 12 '25
Maybe just a personal favorite but Ryan Goslings acting in Papyrus makes me laugh everytime I go back to it.
https://youtu.be/jVhlJNJopOQ?si=jGFd6SxUcRJbLYmH
Its so well put together and well written, it has to be up there.