249: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The History of America’s Wealthy Elite
It’s been ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook the
world’s economy. Today Ed, Nathan and Brian explore the iconic
figure of the American Millionaire, telling the story of one of the
first African American Millionaires, delving into the am
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Each week we take a topic that people are t...
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It’s been ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook the
world’s economy. Today Ed, Nathan and Brian explore the iconic
figure of the American Millionaire, telling the story of one of the
first African American Millionaires, delving into the ambiguities
around Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy, and finding out that there
is more to the board game Monopoly than just rolling the dice and
passing “Go.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
world’s economy. Today Ed, Nathan and Brian explore the iconic
figure of the American Millionaire, telling the story of one of the
first African American Millionaires, delving into the ambiguities
around Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy, and finding out that there
is more to the board game Monopoly than just rolling the dice and
passing “Go.”
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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