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I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. and those building blocks are organizations, the people who run them, and the people who work in them.
-Robert Reich
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Robert Reich
I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. and those building blocks are organizations, the people who run them, and the people who work in them.
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