Dynamist Blog: Where Did Vietnamese Nail Salons Come From?

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Where Did Vietnamese Nail Salons Come From?

The LAT's My-Thuan Tran answers one of my long-standing questions: How did Vietnamese immigrants come to dominate the nail salon business? It turns out that actress Tippi Hedren--of The Birds fame--was the crucial inspiration.

This 1997 Reason editorial on nail salons as a microcosm of the economy was one of my most popular articles ever.

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