Studying rhe Gilded age can help policy makers in many ways. The first way is to show them that historically, there have been times when the government has been able to prevent businesses from growing their workforce because they would lose profit if they did so. While in this time period unions did not have any power over labor, the government could control wages. The second way that studying the Gilded Age could help current policy makers is by showing them what happens when regulations are put on businesses and how it limits economic growth. The third way that studying the Gilded age can be helpful is by indicating how social inequality can lead to social unrest and violence. The fourth way the Gilded Age can help current policy makers is by showing how that the wealthy were born into wealth and helped to keep them there. The fifth and final way that studying the Gilded Age can help current policy makers is by showing how hard workers have it these days compared to the time period of Edwardian England. Another one it can help policy makers today because it teaches them that the government should do nothing to prevent