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The Best Business Reads of June

The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
Source: Rafael Marchante / Reuters

At the end of each month, the editors of The Atlantic’s Business Channel shares the most interesting pieces of journalism about money and economics from around the web.

This month’s picks include looks at how the vast economic divide between blacks and whites was spurred by property policy; a  peak inside a building that houses Washington D.C.’s past, present, and future; and a lamentation for the electric guitar.

If you’ve missed previous roundups, you can find recent ones here and here.


The Tax Divide

Jason Grotto | Chicago Tribue

Chicago has long been a city divided by race and class, a metropolis with starkly different crime rates, economic realities and educational opportunities depending on where you live. But there’s another division

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