Kevin Carey — Shadow Dynasty: How the Mellon Family Unmade America — at The Wharf

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How one of the largest family fortunes in American history was built and thrived in the Gilded Age, moved through history bending laws and society to its own devices, and helped create the political extremism and billionaire class trying to rule the country today Shadow Dynasty begins in the 19th century with Andrew Mellon’s father, a self made Scots Irish immigrant who hated Catholics, taxes, public education, and other immigrants of all kinds. It continues with the remarkable story of Andrew’s rise as a genius investor, industrialist, and Treasury Secretary for three presidents who was considered the most powerful man in the world. Before he died in disgrace during the Great Depression, Andrew manipulated tax laws to secretly send his enormous fortune on to his desce…

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