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Special: How California became the US’s economic power house

CA atlasHow did a far-flung territory of the United States turn into its economic powerhouse? And why is the state that started the careers of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan now one of the bluest in the country? We take you through the history and political economy of California, with geographer Richard Walker.

Richard Walker, Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley and author of The Atlas of California: Mapping the Challenge of a New Era

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