robber baron
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As early as 1859 the New York Times associated Cornelius Vanderbilt with the idea of the medieval robber baron, thus tarnishing the image of the country’s biggest shipowner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Government and private money are flowing in quantities that would make a Gilded Age robber baron blush.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Robert A. Iger, who leads Disney, publicly pushed back against the striking workers, and found himself jeered on picket lines as a robber baron.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
And of course, Disney keeps mining "Star Wars" and Marvel like a robber baron.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2022
There were as many armed men in Europe in the days when the robber baron carried on his occupation as there are in our day.
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell
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