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WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

 Available on digital platforms from August 13

Now that working from home has become normalised, there are apparently some people who miss the mundane rituals of office life. Putting aside the valuable social aspect, how much of this nostalgia is genuine? Do you really miss a communal fridge crammed with milk cartons labelled with various initials? Or the sneaking suspicion

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