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Posted inLiterature

Western Lit: In ‘Billionaire Wilderness,’ Sociologist Justin Farrell Explores the Ways Wealth Shapes Wyoming and the Rest of the Western U.S.

Jutting more than 7,000 feet from the valley floor, the Teton Range offers some of the United States’ most dramatic vistas. But the jagged peaks are mirrored by equally sharp economic divides in the communities below: Lured by both natural beauty and favorable tax codes, the ultra-wealthy have flocked to Teton County, Wyo., making it […]

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