Liaquat Ahamed

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Gilded Age New York City skyline with opulent buildings and busy streets, conveying both prosperity and underlying financial tension.

Liaquat Ahamed's '1873' Book Review Explores Gilded Age's Uneven Prosperity

In 1873, even as Gilded Age markets boomed with unprecedented wealth, a hidden fragility was building, poised to cause widespread panic among the era's most powerful bankers.

Mateo Garcia·June 1, 2026