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When Talent Started Driving Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

Some of the highlights: In 1975, baseball players fought for and were awarded free agency by arbitrator Peter Seitz — and salaries for athletic talent across all professional sports quickly skyrocketed. In 1977, the movie Star Wars was released, with sequels following in 1980 and 1983. I deserve more, in fact lots more.”.

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