John D. Rockefeller is characterized by some as a greedy capitalist. Hillsdale College professor Burt Folsom sets the record straight in this new video from Prager University.

Was America’s first billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, a greedy robber baron, a generous philanthropist, or both? And did the oil tycoon exploit America’s poor or give them access to much-needed energy? Historian and Hillsdale College professor Burt Folsom, author of “The Myth of the Robber Barons,” reveals the truth about the Rockefeller empire.