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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored #65: Inside the Motor City’s Economic Crash
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Last week, the embattled city of Detroit heralded its “rebirth” with a landmark financial deal, purportedly designed to avert economic disaster. Facing bankruptcy, the city’s finances, infrastructure, and civil service workforce have been ripped apart and stitched back together through a series of backdoor negotiations with state officials, Wall Street creditors, and Bi...