The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...

Experts on the era say Trump is idealizing a time rife with government and business corruption, social turmoil and inequality ...

Irwin said there was a tariff commission, but it was actually convened five years earlier in 1882. It also recommended reducing tariffs, which Congress didn’t do. “It’s hard to say it was a ...