During the gilded age, the term "robber baron" was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they

The term "Robber Baron" was used to describe determined, and often ruthless and dishonest businessmen. It was, primarily used to describe the railroads executives that soon was used to describe all the others captains of industry. As one example we can point out the building  building of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, where those barons shamelessly profiteered by constructing companies controlled by insiders who overcharged the railroad companies.

The term "Robber Baron" was used to describe determined, and often ruthless and dishonest businessmen. It was, primarily used to describe the railroads executives that soon was used to describe all the others captains of industry. As one example we can point out the building  building of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, where those barons shamelessly profiteered by constructing companies controlled by insiders who overcharged the railroad companies.

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