At any half-decent lunch in the City of London a few decades ago the cabbage was overcooked and the conversation was about cricket. Today's financiers eat their brassica pureed, with seared scallops and a cumin jus, while chatting about the property they own back home in the Auvergne or New England. And they-and the businesses that pay their wages-are wealthier and more successful than ever.
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