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The '''Robber Baron''' image of leading American businessmen was a hostile stereotype created by anti-capitalist writers in the [[Progressive Era]] (1890-1920s) who denounced American big business as bad because it supposedly hurt workers, consumers and democracy.

The '''Robber Baron''' image of leading American businessmen was a hostile stereotype created by anti-capitalist writers in the [[Progressive Era]] (1890-1920s) who denounced American big business as bad because it supposedly hurt workers, consumers and democracy.

The "robber" theme meant the businessmen seized the wealth created by the workers--the assumption was that capital did not create wealth, only manual labor.

The "robber" theme meant the businessmen seized the wealth created by the workers--the assumption was that capital did not create wealth, only manual labor and farming did that.

The "baron" theme suggested they were anti-democratic aristocrats who rejected the core values of American [[republicanism]].

The "baron" theme suggested they were anti-democratic aristocrats who rejected the core values of American [[republicanism]].