Brace yourself: Nobel Prize economist says Trump's policies surpass the Gilded Age disaster

Brace yourself: Nobel Prize economist says Trump's policies surpass the Gilded Age disaster

President Donald Trump’s economic policies are not just as bad as the Gilded Age, according to a Nobel Prize-winning economist. They surpass them.The Gilded Age was a period in American history from the late-19th century to the early-20th century marked by severe income inequality and political corruption. It also preceded one of the worst economic meltdowns in U.S. history. Yet this economist says the seeds of the Trump era are already worse.“F…