In the early 1920s, the world began to transform. The job market exploded. Culture, nightlife and the arts flourished. Long-held beliefs about gender, race, religion and politics were being challenged. It was the Roaring Twenties. A century later, as we begin to climb out of the COVID-19 pandemic, could we be headed for a Roaring Twenties in the 2020s?

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