What the world learned from the American century: The global wealth pyramid turns into a fat diamond spinning top ^52.9%

Fortune - By Nick Lichtenberg - 6/30/2026, 12:52 PM

Biased Writer Voice 26.5% - Appeal to Authority 20.7% - Hasty Generalization 19.1%

Henry Luce, who founded Fortune in 1929 and its sister publication Life seven years later, used the pages of the latter in February 1941 to issue one of the most consequential editorial arguments in American journalism. He called it “The American Century.” The promise of a “more abundant life,” Luce wrote, of “adequate production for all... more