Slate Magazine | How This New Gilded Age Ends by Mary Harris AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. In the latest episode of What Next titled “How This New Gilded Age Ends,” host Mary Harris and guest Paul Krugman examine how today’s concentration of wealth far exceeds that of the historic Gilded Age, with a shrinking elite increasingly controlling a massive and growing share of assets and working to preserve that dominance, raising the question of whether the current economic ascent can ever be reversed. Read more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/06/americas-richest-have-never-been-richer-or-fewer-in-number #PaulKrugman #CityUniversity #RobGunther #GraduateCenter #economics #EvanCampbell #MadelineThames_Ducharme #PatrickFort #PaigeOsburn