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When restaurants close, Americans lose much more than a meal

  • Written by Rebecca L. Spang, Professor of History and Director, Liberal Arts and Management Program (LAMP), Indiana University
The Big Texan restaurant, Amarillo, Texas.Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress

Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted a video of himself on March 15 saying: “No more restaurants.” Seated in his palatial kitchen with two miniature horses, Whiskey and Lulu, beside him, the former California governor pronounced: “We don’t go out, we...

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