Mammon and the Archer | Compare and Contrast

1900s: By the end of the decade, America boasts more than forty thousand millionaires, many of whom earned their fortunes in industry.

Today: America has countless millionaires and several billionaires. Industry, most notably information technology, is the major source of this income for some. However, an increasing number of sports stars, entertainers, writers, and other public figures—who often earn advances, sponsorship deals, and other supplemental income— join the ranks of the extremely wealthy.

1900s: New York contains some of the tallest...

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