Hollywood, baby! The glitz! The glamour! The ever-changing business models! This week, The Indicator is going to the movies. Starting today with the history of Hollywood and where it began.... New Jersey!
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Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/guillotine-and-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-french-revolution
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Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-engineering-under-fourteenth-amendment
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Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/debunking-myth-market-fundamentalism
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Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/forces-centralization-and-struggle-freedom
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Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jurgen-habermas-philosopher-marxist-propagandist