Our View: The ancient origins of the South Coast economy

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Our View: The ancient origins of the South Coast economy

By Editorial Board / Friday, February 5th, 2021 / Comments Off on Our View: The ancient origins of the South Coast economy

With trading in GameStop making headlines and the economy back on the front pages, a clever article by former Business Times colleague Jim Logan caught our eye. Now writing for UC Santa Barbara, he cites research indicating that money, in the form of shell beads, was in circulation on the Central Coast “as long as…

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