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The State of American Movies

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The State of American Movies
Leonardo Di Caprio stars in “Once Upon on Time in Hollywood.” Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Mark Hendrickson
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Do movies shape culture or does culture shape movies? The influence goes in both directions, but I think predominant cultural values have the upper hand.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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