Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than 40 years. His business column appears in print every Sunday and Wednesday, and occasionally on other days. Hiltzik and colleague Chuck Philips shared the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for articles exposing corruption in the entertainment industry. His seventh book, “Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America,” was published in 2020. His latest book, “The Golden State,” is a history of California. Follow him on Bluesky at hiltzikm.bsky.social, on X at @hiltzikm and on Facebook at facebook.com/hiltzik.
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