9: An Economy Like Water

Zip Code Economies by Ellen J Chan

Aug 20, 201921:06Education

On our last stop this season, we land in San Diego facing a chicken or egg dilemma: Do communities create economies? Or is it the other way around? To help us solve that puzzle, we talk to the manager of a nonprofit, a h...

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