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Gilded Then, Gilded Now: Two American Ages of Extreme Wealth

A comparison of the original Gilded Age and its twenty-first century echo Mark Twain and co-author Charles...

Dassler brothers – One Family, One Feud, Two Global Shoe Brands

Herzogenaurach is a small Bavarian town where cobblestone streets carried the rhythm of daily life, and everyone seemed to know one another. In the...

Sneaky Pete – a sly Family Business Crime Drama

by Allen Esrock

If Sneaky Pete sneaked past your streaming options, think again. While the themes of fraud, identity...

Second-Generation Family Business Legacy: John Furner’s Historic Rise to Lead Walmart

by Allen Esrock

MikeMozartJeepersMedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Walmart's Board of Directors has named John Furner as the company's next President and...

Dynasty – Big Shoulder Pads, Big Family Business Conflicts

by Allen Esrock

Family businesses make great television because they combine family conflict with financial and power struggles, making every choice feel intensely...

Rob Reiner – balancing privilege vs. expectations in his art and life

by Allen Esrock

The shocking killings of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner by their son, Nick, continue to reverberate throughout the country. The tragedy is a...

“Proud Mary” – one song, two dysfunctional family singing groups

by Allen Esrock

A song cover is a new performance or recording of a song that was successfully performed by another artist. The power of a great song cover is that...

Top 10 Nepo Baby, Family Business Christmas Movies – 2025

by Allen Esrock

The most sophisticated applications of AI leverage machine learning (ML), deep learning, computer vision, and natural language processing (NLP) to...