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Is this the end of Silicon Valley as we know it?

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Freddy Gray speaks to Joel Kotkin who is the author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class. On the podcast, they discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley. With mass layoffs in the tech sector and a post-pandemic real estate downturn, Kotkin argues the Valley is entering a period of long-term decline — but can it come back from this?

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US politics and analysis, delivering in-depth discussions with the best American pundits. Presented by Freddy Gray.

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