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That trip, and the strategy behind it, remain one of his most positive legacies.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The lives and legacies of Carnegie, Edison, Ford, and Jobs all tell the same story: The U.S. is the world’s best launchpad for groundbreaking entrepreneurs and scalers of new technology.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

It isn’t surprising that states with big mining legacies are also the first to store their wealth in minerals, said Steve Hanke, an economist at Johns Hopkins University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

How did that work, or what kind of legacies do you see him leaving?

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

This, after all, was one of the main legacies of the Cognitive Revolution.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari