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California’s Two Strikes Against Economic Opportunity
This article was originally published on Medium. California has earned its place as first in the nation in two oddly related categories: poverty and spending on welfare programs. Indeed, often thought of as a state that is uniquely caring, especially for the...![General Robert Wood: The Forgotten Man Who Changed Sears and the World](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/robert_wood-01-1080x628.jpg)
General Robert Wood: The Forgotten Man Who Changed Sears and the World
Before there was Amazon, there was Sears, Roebuck, using the mail-order catalog where the Internet is used today. Before Walmart was the world’s largest retailer (and company of any type), there was Sears, Roebuck, in its glory days by far the largest retailer on...![Brand Man: The HJ Heinz Story](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Heinz-train-advertising-1-e1643253734758.png)
Brand Man: The HJ Heinz Story
It’s December 1875. Thirty-one-year-old Henry John “HJ” Heinz is bedridden the entire month with deep depression. On some days, he cannot even get out of bed. His world has collapsed around him. For the last six years, he and his friends and financial backers, the...![Jim Casey: The Unknown Entrepreneur Who Built the Great UPS](https://www.archbridgeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jim_casey-01-1080x628.jpg)