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Mark Victor Hansen

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Ellen Galinsky

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The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

Marc Brown

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Matthew Bogdanos

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Allan Schwartzman

Founder & Principal of the Art Agency and Chairman of Global Fine Arts for Sotheby's

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Hugh MacLeod

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Laura Numeroff

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Emily Henry

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Gene Luen Yang

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