How Los Angeles sparked an economic boom
By Bloomberg
07 April 2019 |
4:08 pm
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Matt Winkler examines the economic boom of Los Angeles, California and the factors that set its economy apart from other major U.S. cities.
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