<Tr> <Td> Northeast </Td> <Td> 15% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Middle Atlantic </Td> <Td> 17% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Midwest </Td> <Td> 43% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Atlantic </Td> <Td> 63% </Td> </Tr>

Which of the following best characterizes gilded age economic thought