Among the robber barons of the late 19th century, none was more ruthless and unscrupulous than Jay Gould, who used to commute to work up the Hudson River on a 200-foot yacht. Gould controlled the country’s largest railroad and the New York World newspaper and he made a fortune bigger than the Rockefellers. Jay Gould is all but forgotten outside of academia, but the government regulations put in place because of him continue to influence our business and financial markets. Author Greg Steinmetz tells roving reporter Rotbart, “You can hate Gould or hate him even more, but it’s impossible to deny that he played a role in America’s transformative economic expansion during the 19th century.” MondayMorningRadio.com!