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The barrow boys

by David Brancaccio
Dec 11, 2023
When markets favored street smarts over fancy degrees.
Costermongers or street sellers, also known as "barrow boys," were often recruited to work as financial traders in London.
London School of Economics Library via Wikimedia Commons
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