Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth โ Season 1, Episode 2: Making the Rich Pay (1921-1946)
Documentary, War & Politics โข 60 min โข 1 season, 3 episodes โข โ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
The millionaires' paradise was destroyed by the crash of 1929, which plunged the country into the Great Depression and mass unemployment. Enraged by greed and tax evasion, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, reelected in 1936, advocated controlled capitalism.
About Capitalism in America: The Cult of Wealth
From the Gilded Age to the present day, the history of modern United States of America has been one of wealth and power concentrated into the hands of a few families with enormous fortunes.