States competed for capital and labor by keeping their taxes and regulations light and efficient. As a result, America became the world’s most competitive economy.

And Gilded Age policies, they maintain ... and those upturns were mostly fueled by millions of immigrants joining the U.S. workforce. Indeed, the number of U.S. residents jumped from 38.5 million-plus ...

The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax ... s population nearly tripled during that time, with 30 million immigrants, per capita GDP doubled. Steel production boomed ...

The Gilded Age featured extraordinary wealth for a small class of people ... marked by erratic economic growth and that upturns were mostly fueled by millions of immigrants joining the U.S. workforce.

The genius of the Gilded Age was interstate regulatory and tax ... s population nearly tripled during that time, with 30 million immigrants, per capita GDP doubled. Steel production boomed ...