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Welcome To Y’all Street: The Cities Challenging New York For Financial Supremacy

Appearing in: Forbes From the earliest days of the Republic, banking and finance has largely been the purview of what one historian calls the “Yankee Empire.” Based largely in New York and Boston, later on financial centers grew along the main route of Yankee migration to Chicago and San Francisco...
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California for Whom?

Appearing in: Orange County Register “Old in error,” writes historian Kevin Starr, “California remains an American hope.” Historically, our state has been a beacon to outsiders seeking a main chance: from gold miners and former Confederates to Midwesterners displaced...
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Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than the Robber Barons

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