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Dylan Gottlieb's Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York is a work of social, economic, and urban history about the young professional class that surged into New York during the 1980s. Published by Harvard University Press, the book treats the yuppie not simply as a comic cultural label but as a historically significant demographic linked to Wall Street expansion, legal innovation, consumer culture, and neighborhood change. Gottlieb examines how highly educated bankers, lawyers, and other professionals helped remake the city after the fiscal crisis era, turning New York into a center of finance, luxury consumption, and postindustrial aspiration. The book connects lifestyle details such as jogging, gourmet food, and real estate choices to deeper structural shifts, including financialization, weakened labor power, and widening inequality. Its purpose is to explain why a seemingly dated 1980s identity still matters for understanding contemporary urban wealth, class politics, and the national influence of New York finance.