I was recently contacted by Nelson Schwartz, a reporter from the New York Times. He is doing a series of articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/business/economy/velvet-rope-economy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/insider/velvet-rope-economy-series.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?_r=0 and a book about what he calls “The Velvet Rope Economy.” In his words, this is…
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