what is a robber baron
Robber baron is a derogatory term of social criticism originally applied to certain wealthy and powerful 19th-century American businessmen.The term appeared as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.he term combines the sense of criminal (robber) and illegitimate aristocracy (a baron is an illegitimate role in a republic). We hear now on all sides the term robber barons applied to some of the great capitalists.