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Another thing he told his customers was that one of the great accounting unknowns of the modern age was how to value knowledge. It was an exciting field.

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Jane Smiley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
Journalist
Literary Critic
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LA
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Jane Graves Smiley
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