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Sandra Navidi

Sandra Navidi is the author of $uperHubs: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World.

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Disconnect

Why ‘Hillbillies’ Don’t Do Networking

Working class Americans used to be linked by work, family, and church, but those links are fraying. Meanwhile, financial elites are more interconnected than ever.

Sandra Navidi

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