The Hole World in Their Hands

“The Jackson Hole region has long been a refuge for the rich, but an explosion of new affluence has allowed a growing cadre of extraordinarily wealthy people to dominate both the local economy and Wyoming state politics. Teton County is not merely the richest county in the country, per capita, by far; it is a window into America’s near future, as the country enters a new gilded age, one in which millionaires are turning into billionaires overnight.” NYT (Gift Article) with a very on-point article for this moment in time. Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age.