Shout out to our friend Mario from The Generalist for letting us adapt his article for a video. If you enjoyed this story, make sure to check out the full written piece: https://www.generalist.com/briefing/b...

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00:00 The Business of Barcelona
00:56 The Rise
04:52 Elefant Blau
08:09 The Fall
13:13 Rise again?

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