Overrated & Underrated

November 2024
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Should John Adams, Ebbets Field, the 60s, and Tocqueville be knocked off their pedestals? Are Ben Franklin and Bob and Ray far greater than you ever imagined? Our second annual survey asks experts in every field what reputation is the most inflated and what’s most underappreciated.

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