Sept. 20, 2023
Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. Talking with author Gray Brechin.
San Francisco’s 19th and 20th century growth was explosive creating dynastic elites. They exploited the natural resources of the environs for the benefit of The City.
San Francisco's great wealth creation in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as the emergence of dynastic family elites largely developed as a result of exploitation of nearby natural resources. But most great cities have followed a similar path. And today's Silicon Valley fortunes are little different in that respect, but substitute the mining of academic excellence for natural resources.
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