A Yale professor says America is now an ‘oldigarchy’—and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged

Fortune•Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 10:30 AM•2 min read

Yale professor Samuel Moyn says “the rich today are old, to an astonishing extent”—and his new book, "Gerontocracy in America," makes the case.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/07/12/samuel-moyn-america-gerontocracy-boomers-backlash/)

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