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Gilded & Golden Age: Your American Dream
šļø The Digital Collective Podcast Episode Title: Gilded & Golden Age: Your American Dream Host: Jarika Moon By: Lunar Innovations
What's the difference between a golden age and a gilded one, and why does it matter right now?
What's the difference between a golden age and a gilded one, and why does it matter right now?
In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain on two of the most misunderstood periods in American history:
The Gilded Age (1870sā1900) and the Golden Age (post-WWII boom).
We break down how marketing evolved across both eras, what it meant for working people, and how the powerful have always used the language of prosperity to sell a story that mostly benefits the few.
Then we get into something that's been making headlines:
President Trump's repeated claim that 1870ā1913 represents America's economic peak, and why historians, economists, and the data itself say otherwise. The term "Gilded Age" wasn't an accident. Mark Twain chose that word on purpose. Gold on the outside. Rot underneath.
This one connects the dots between history, marketing, political rhetoric, and the working class, because understanding where we've been is the only way to see clearly where we're headed.
In this episode:
The real story of the Gilded Age and who it actually served. How marketing evolved from newspaper ads to the emotional power of television. Why the Golden Age created a thriving middle class and what made it possible. Trump's tariff rhetoric vs. the historical record. What the data says about wealth, inequality, and living standards then and now.
And why the difference between "gilded" and "golden" is more than just semantics.
If you've ever wondered why history keeps repeating itself, this episode is for you.
https://linktr.ee/lunarinnovationsdmarketing Jarika Moon | Instagram | Linktree linktr.ee
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/worse_than_biden_58_don_t_see_trump_s_golden_age
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By Jarika Moonšļø The Digital Collective Podcast Episode Title: Gilded & Golden Age: Your American Dream Host: Jarika Moon By: Lunar Innovations
What's the difference between a golden age and a gilded one, and why does it matter right now?
What's the difference between a golden age and a gilded one, and why does it matter right now?
In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain on two of the most misunderstood periods in American history:
The Gilded Age (1870sā1900) and the Golden Age (post-WWII boom).
We break down how marketing evolved across both eras, what it meant for working people, and how the powerful have always used the language of prosperity to sell a story that mostly benefits the few.
Then we get into something that's been making headlines:
President Trump's repeated claim that 1870ā1913 represents America's economic peak, and why historians, economists, and the data itself say otherwise. The term "Gilded Age" wasn't an accident. Mark Twain chose that word on purpose. Gold on the outside. Rot underneath.
This one connects the dots between history, marketing, political rhetoric, and the working class, because understanding where we've been is the only way to see clearly where we're headed.
In this episode:
The real story of the Gilded Age and who it actually served. How marketing evolved from newspaper ads to the emotional power of television. Why the Golden Age created a thriving middle class and what made it possible. Trump's tariff rhetoric vs. the historical record. What the data says about wealth, inequality, and living standards then and now.
And why the difference between "gilded" and "golden" is more than just semantics.
If you've ever wondered why history keeps repeating itself, this episode is for you.
https://linktr.ee/lunarinnovationsdmarketing Jarika Moon | Instagram | Linktree linktr.ee
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/worse_than_biden_58_don_t_see_trump_s_golden_age